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English  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 
IN  NEW-YORK. 


Br  RALPH  WILLISTOJY. 


I  will  sing  with  file  Spirit,  and  I  will  'he  un 

dcro.  90.  1  Cor.  xiv.  15. 


EW-YORK: 

ED  AMD  SOLD  BY  J.C.  TOTTZX, 

KO.   155   CHATHAM-STREET. 

1806. 


District  of  New-York,  ss. 

\  E  it  remembered,  That  on  the  twenty-fourth 
day  of  Februarys  in  the  thirtieth  year  of  the 
Independence  of  the  United  States  of  An: 
Ralph  'Williston,  of  the  said  district  hath  depos- 
ited in  this  office  the  title  of  a  boo]  ht  where- 
of he  claims  as  proprietor,  in  the  words  and  figure* 
following,  to  wit : 

"  A  choice   selection  of  Evangelical  Hymnsi 

ire m   va  ors,  for  the  use  of  the 

ish  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 

in    New  York. 

«Bt  RALPH  WILLISTON. 

"  I  will  dug  with  the  Spirit^   and  I  mill  sing  with  the 

understanding al»o,  1.  Cor.  xiv.  15.  " 
In  conformity  to  the  act  of  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States,  entitled  "  An  act  for  the  encourage- 
ment of  learning,  by  securing  the  copies  of  Maps, 
Charts  and  Books  to  the  Authors  and  proprietors  of 
such  copies,  during  the  times  therein  mentioned,5* 
and  slso  to  an  act,  entitled,  "  An  act  supplementary 
to  an  act  entitled,  an  act  for  the  encouragement  of 
learning,  by  securing  the  copies  of  Maps,  Charts 
and  Books,  to  the  Authors  and  Proprietors  of  such 
copies,  during  the  times  therein  mentioned  ;  *nd 
extending  the  benefits  thereof  to  the  arts  of  design- 
ings engraving  and  etching  historical  and  other 
prints/' 

EDWARD  DUNSCOMB, 
Clerk  of  the  District  of  J, 


THE  Evangelical  Lutheran  Ministry  of  this  state 
having  entered  a  resolution  some  years#ago,  T/iat  a 

•ocured,  and  I  eft  the   selection   of  the 

tins  to  the  member-  in  the 

city  i  -    ork  :  this  ed  to 

the  public   and  public  edification    of  such   of  our 

brethren,  in  religious  col  as  find  the 

anguage  a  necessary  \ 
and  promoting  spiritual  devotion.  The  collection 
has  been  made  by  the  Reverend  Ralph  Willis- 
tox,  Minister  of  the  English  Lutheran  Church  of 
this  city,  and  I  have  examined  and  read  every  one 
of  the  Hymns  now  offered,  before  theirbcing  struck 
off,  and  can  assure  my  fellow-worshippers,  that  none 
is  found  among  them  dissonant  to  our  doctrine,  or 
incompatible  with  the  spirit  of  genuine  godliness. 

JOHN  C.  KUNZE, 
Senior  of  the  Lutheran  Clergy  in  the  State 
of  J\\  w.York* 
New-York,  Feb.  20,  1 306. 


AD  VER  TISEMEJSTT. 


Dear  Brethren, 

THROUGH  the  solicitation  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  Vestry  of  the  English  Evan* 
gelical  Lutheran  Zion  Church,  you  are  here  pre- 
sented with  a  choice  selection  of  Evangelical  Hymns, 
suited  to  private,  family,  social  and  public  worship. 
These  Hymns  are  selected  from  various  authors  of 
the  first  reputation  and  celebrity.  It  is  not  pretend- 
ed that  a  Hymn  will  be  found  here,  adapted  to  every 
religious  subject,  yet  it  is  hoped  there  will  be  no 
Important  deficiency.  No  doctrine,  it  is  believed, 
will  be  found  in  this  selection,  which  is  not  accord- 
ant with  the  doctrines  taught  in  our  church.  A  new 
edition,  or  a  new  compilation,  became  indispensably 
necessaiy,  there  not  being  a  single  copy  to  be  had  of 
the  former  collection:  and  the  obvious  deficiency  of 
the  former  collection,  determined  us  to  make  a  new 
compilation.  Such  as  the  present  selection  is,  it  is 
dedicated  to  you,  as  a  testimony  of  affection  ;  exhor- 
ting you  to  u  Sing  with  the  spirit,  and  with  the  cm- 
May  it  please  Almighty  God,  to 
make  it  a  mean  of  assisting  the  praise,  and  promot- 
he  edification  of  his  Church. 

o 

RALPH  WILLISTC 
New-York,  March,  1806, 


CONTENTS. 


page 

I.  The  Being  and  Perfections  of  God               -  1 

II.  The  Character,  Actions,  Sufferings,  and 

Glory  of  Christ          -          -          -          -  15 

1  Aativity  of Christ       -          -          -          -  13 

2  Offices  of Christ  -  -  -  -  26 
2  Passion  of  Christ  -  -  -  -  36 
4  Resurrection  of  Christ  -  -  -  61 
$  Ascension  of  Christ               -          -          -  67 

6  Glory  of  Christ           -          -          -          -  71 

7  Advocacy  of  Christ              -          -           -  76 

III.  Influences  of  the  Spirit  of  God       -         -  81 

1  Whitsunday     -          -          -          -          -  81 

2  Trinity 95 

IV.  Creation  and  Providence     -           -  102 

1  Creation            -          -          -          -  1©2 

2  Providence 108 

V.  The  Fall  and  Temptation  of  Man            -  122 

VI.  The  Scriptures,  Doctrines,  and  Invitations 

of  the  Scriptures                -         -         -  126 

1  The  Scripture*           -          -          -  126 

2  Doctrinal 133 

3  Inviting 145 

VII.  The  Christian's  Character  and  Graces  152 

1  Awakening        -          -          -          -          -  152 

2  Penitential 158 

3  Sufifilication  and  Prayer              -          -  173 
A  Faith 196 

5  Hofie 203 

6  Love        ------  207 

*l  Sanctification             -          -          -  217 

S  Joy  and  Praise          -  224 


CONTENTS. 

VIII.  The  Christian's  Blessings,  Sufferings,  Dan- 

ger and  Safety         -         -         -         -       233 

IX.  Christian  Worship  ...       245 

1  Private  -  -  -  -  -245 

2  Public 247 

X.  Pastoral 260 

XL  Ordinances  -         -         •         -  267 

1  Baftttim  -         -         -         -         -       267 

2  Eucharistic       -  -  -  -  260 

XII.  Times,  Seasons,  and  Place  -         -       273 

1  Morning  -  -  -  -  -273 

2  Evening  -  -  -  -  -275 

3  Birth- Day         -  -  -  278 

4  Youth 2S0 

5  Mm-Year 283 

6  Seasons 286- 

7  Particular  Providences      -  290 

8  Death 293 

9  Resurrection     -         -  -  -  -299 

10  Judgment 301 

11  Heaven 304 


Evangelical  Hymns,  &c. 


I    THE  BEIXG  AMD  PERFECTIONS  OF 
GOD. 

Hymn  1.   l.  m. 

God  incomprehensible  and  sovereign. 

1 .  f^i  AN  creatures,  to  perfection,  find 
\^y    Th'  eternal,  uncreated  mind  ? 
Or  can  the  largest  stretch  of  thought 
Measure  and  search  his  nature  out  i 

2.  'Tis  high  as  heav'n,  'tis  deep  as  hell ; 
And  what  can  mortals  know,  or  tell  ? 
His  glory  spreads  beyond  the  sky, 
And  all  the  shining  worlds  on  high. 

3.  God  is  a  King  of  pow'r  unknown. 
Firm  are  the  orders  of  his  throne  ; 
If  he  resolve,  who  dare  oppose, 
Of  ask  him  why,  or  what  he  does  ? 

4.  He  wounds  the  heart,  and  he  makes  whole  y 
.  He.  calms  the  tempest  of  the  soul ; 

When  he  shuts  up  in  long  despair, 
Who  can  remove  the  heavy  bar  ? 

5.  He  frowns,  and  darkness  veils  the  moon, 
The  fainting  sun  grows  dim  at  noon ; 
The  pillars  of  heaven's  starry  roof 
Tremble  and  start  at  his  reproof. 

6.  He  gave  the  vaulted  heav'n  its  form, 
The  crooked  serpent  and  the  worm ; 
He  breaks  the  billows  with  his  breath, 
And  smites  the  sons  of  pride  to  death. 

B 


2  THE  BEING  AND 

7.  These  are  a  portion  of  bis  ways ; 
But  who  shall  dare  describe  his  face  ? 
Who  can  endure  his  light  or  stand 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand  ? 

Hymn  2,   l.  m. 

God  fur  above  all  creatures  ;  or  man  vain  and  mortal. 
Job  iv.  1 7—2 1 . 

1.  O  HALL  the  vile  race  of  flesh  and  blood 
£3    Contend  with  their  Creator,  God ? 

Shall  mortal  worms  presume  to  be 
More  holy,  wise,  or  just,  than  he  ? 

2.  Behold  he  puts  his  trust  in  none 
Of  all  the  spirits  round  his  throne; 
Their  natures,  when  compared  with  his, 
Are  neither  holy,  just,  nor  wise. 

3.  But  how  much  meaner  things  arc  they 
Who  spring  from  dust,  and  dwell  in  clay! 
Touch'd  by  the  finger  of  thy  wrath, 

We  faint  and  vanish  like  the  moth. 

4.  From  night  to  day,  from  day  to  night, 
We  die  by  thousands  in  thy  sight ; 
Buvied  in  dust  whole  nations  lie, 
Like  a  forgotten  vanity. 

5.  Almighty  Power,  to  thee  we  bow; 
How  frail  are  we  !   how  glorious  thou  ! 
No  more  the  sons  of  earth  shall  dare 
With  an  eternal  God  compare. 

Hymn  3.   cm. 

God's  eternity. 
ISE,  rise,  my  soul,  and  leave  the  ground. 


R 


Stretch  all  thy  thoughts  abroad, 
And  rouse  up  cv'ry  tuneful  sound 
To  praise  th'  eternal  God. 


PERFECTIONS  OF   GOD. 

2.  Long  ere  the  lofty  skies  were  spread, 

Jehovah  fill'd  his  throne  ; 
Or  Adam  fcrm'd,  or  Angels  made, 
The  Maker  liv'd  alone. 

3.  His  boundless  years  can  ne'er  decrease, 

But  still  maintain  their  prime, 
Eternity's  his  dwelling -place. 

And  ever  is  his  time. 

4.  While  like  a  tide   our  minutes  flow, 

The  present  and  the  past, 
He  fills  iris  own  immortal  NOW, 
And  sees  our  ages  waste. 

5.  The  sea  and  sky  must  perish  too, 

And  vast  destruction  come  : 
The  creatures — look !  how  old  they  grow, 
And  wait  their  fiery  doom. 

6.  Well,  let  the  sea  shrink  all  away, 

And  flames  melt  down  the  skies, 
My  God  shall  live  an  endless  day3 
When  this  creation  dies. 


Hymn  4.   c.  m. 

Gcd  our  Preserver. 

1.  T    ET  others  boast  how  strong  they  be, 
JLj  Nor  death  nor  danger  fear ; 
While  we  confess,  O  Lord,  to  thee, 

What  feeble  things  we  arc. 

2.  Fresh  as  the  grass  our  bodies  stand, 

And  flourish  bright  and  gay  : 
A  blasting  wind  sweeps  o'er  the  land, 
And  fades  the  grass  away. 

3.  Our  life  contains  a  thousand  springs, 

And  dies  if  one  be  gone  ; 
Strange  I  that  a  harp  of  thousand  stiings 
Id  keep  in  tune  sc  long. 


A  THE  BEING  AND     v 

4.  But  'tis  our  God  supports  our  frame, 

The  God  that  form'd  us  first ; 
Salvation  to  th'  almighty  Name 
That  rear'd  us  from  the  dust. 

5.  He  spoke,  and  straight  the  heart  and  brain 

In  all  their  motions  rose, 
Let  blood,  said  he  flow  round  rack  vein. 
And  round  each  vein  it  flows, 

6.  XVhile  we  have  breath,  or  life,  or  tongues, 

Our  Maker  we'll  adore : 
His  Spirit  moves  our  heaving  lungs, 
Or  they  would  breathe  no  more. 


Hymn  5.   cm. 

Divine  wrath  and  mercy :  from  Nahum  i.  1,2,  3,  Sec. 

1.  A    DORE  and  tremble,  for  cur  God 
X  jl  Is  a  consuming  fire  ; 

His  jealous  eyes  his  wrath  inflame, 
And  raise  his  vengeance  higher. 

2.  Almighty  vengeance,  how  it  burns  ; 

How  bright  his  fury  glows! 
Vast  magazines  of  plagues  and  storms 
Lie  treasur'd  for  his  foes. 

3.  Those  heaps  of  wrath,  by  slow  degrees* 

Are  fore'd  into  a  fla 
But  kindled,  Oh!  how  fierce  thy  blaze ! 
And  rend  all  nature's  framg. 

4.  At  his  approach  the  mountains  i'lcQ, 

And  seek  a  wat'ry  grave  ; 
The  frighted  sea  makes  haste  awj 
And  shrinks  up  every  wave. 

5.  Through  the  wide  air  the  weight)  ro 

Are  swift  as  hail  stones  hurl'd; 
Who  (Jares  to  meet  hi  \  fiery  rage, 
That  shakes  the  solid  world? 


PERFECTIONS  OF  GOD. 

6.  Yet,  mighty  God!  Thy  sov'reign  Grace. 

Sits  regent  on  the  throne, 
The  refuge  of  thy  chosen  race, 

When  wrath  comes  rushing  down. 

7.  Thy  hands  shall  on  rebellious  kings 

A  fiery  tempest  pour, 
While  we  beneath  thy  shelt'ring  wings 
Thy  righteous  hand  adore. 

Hymn  6.   l.  m. 

God's  condescension  to  human  affairs. 

1.  T  IP  to  the  Lord,  who  reigns  on  high, 

Kj    And  views  the  nations  from  afar, 
Let  everlasting  praises  fly, 
And  tell  how  large  his  bounties  are. 

2.  He  over-rules  all  mortal  things, 
And  manages  our  mean  affairs ; 
On  humble  souls  the  King  of  kings 
Bestows  his  counsels  and  his  cares 

3.  Our  sorrows  and  our  tears  we  pour 
Into  the  bosom  of  our  Go  1  ; 

He  hears  us  in  the  mournful  hear, 
And  helps  to  bear  the  heavy  load- 

4.  In  vain  might  lofty  princes  try 
Such  condescension  to  perform  ; 
For  worms  were  never  rais  'd  so  high 
Above  their  meanest  fellow-worm. 

5.  O  could  our  thankful  hearts  devise 
A  tribute  equal  to  thy  grace, 

To  the  third  heav'n  our  songs  should  rise, 
And  teach  the  golden  harps  thy  praise. 

Hymn  7.   c.  m. 

God  holy,  just,  and  sovereign.        Job  ix.  2-10. 
1 .  T  TOW  should  the  sons  of  Adam's  race 
JlX     Be  pure  before  their  God ? 
B  2 


*  THE  BEING  AND 

If  he  contend  in  righteousness, 
We  fell  beneath  his  rod. 

2.  To  vindicate  my  words  and  thoughts 

I'll  make  no  more  pretence; 
Not  one  of  all  my  thousand  faults 
Can  bear  a  just  defence. 

3.  Strong-  is  his  arm,  his  heart  is  wise  : 

What  vain  presumers  dare 
Against  their  Maker's  hand  to  rise, 
Or  tempt  th'  unequal  war  \ 

4.  Mountains  by  his  Almighty  wrath 

From  their  old  seats  are  torn ; 
He  shakes  the  earth,  from  South  to  North, 
And  all  her  pillars  mourn. 

5.  He  bids  the  sun  forbear  to  rise ; 

The  obedient  sun  forbears ; 
His  hand  with  sackcloth  spreads  the  skies 
And  seals  up  all  the  stars. 

6.  He  walks  upon  the  raging  sea; 

And  rides  the  stormy  winds ; 
There's  none  can  trace  his  wondrous  way, 
Or  his  dark  footsteps  find. 

Hymn  8.   s.  m. 

Prescr-i'ing  grace,  Jude  24,  25. 

1.  "THO  God  the  only  wise, 

X     Our  Saviour  an  I  our  King. 
Let  all  the  saints  below  the  skies 
Their  humble  praises  bring* 

2.  'Tis  his  almighty  love, 

Ills  counsel  and  his  care, 
Preserves  us  safe  from  sin  and  death, 
And  ev'ry  hurtful  snare. 

3.  He  Will  present  our  souls 

Unblemish'd  and  complete. 


PERFECTIONS  OF  GOD. 

Before  the  glory  of  his  face, 
With  joy 3  divinely  great. 
4.  Then  all  the  chosen  seed 

Shall  meet  around  the  throne, 

Shall  bless  the  conduct  of  his  grace* 

And  make  his  wonders  known. 

5-  To  our  Redeemer-God^ 

Wisdom  and  pew'r  belongs, 
Immortal  crowns  of  majesty. 
And  everlasting  songs. 


Hymn  9.    l,  m. 

God  dwells  with  the  humble  and  ficnitent, 

Isaiah  lvii.  15,  16. 

1.  '^piIUS  saith  the  high  and  lofty  One, 

X  "  1  sit  upon  my  holy  throne ; 
M  My  name  is  God.  I  dwell  on  high, 
"  And  fill  my  own  eternity. 

2.  "  But  I  descend  to  worlds  below, 
"On  earth  I  have  a  mansion  too ; 

"  And  never  from  the  contrite  heart 
"  And  humble  soul  will  I  depart, 

3.  "  The  broken  spirit  I  revive, 

u  I  bid  the  mourning  sinner  live, 
"  Heal  all  the  broken  hearts  I  find, 
"  And  case  the  sorrows  of  the  mind. 

i.  "  When  I  contend  against  their  sin,' 

"  I  make  them  know  how  vile  they've  been; 

u  But  should  my  wrath  forever  smoke, 

tt  Their  souls  would  sink  beneath  my  stroke.* 

5.  O  may  thy  pard'nkig  grace  be  nigh, 
Lest  we  should  faint,  despair  and  die  ! 
Thus  shall  our  better  thoughts  approve 
The  methods  of  thy  chastening  love 


3  THE  BEING  AND 

Hymn  10.   cm. 

The  goodness  of  God.     Nahum  i.  7. 

1.  "\7"E  humble  souls,  approach  your  God, 

JL  With  songs  of  sacr.ed  praise, 
For  he  is  good,  immensely  good, 
And  kind  are  all  his  ways. 

2.  All  nature  owns  his  guardian  care, 

In  him  we  live  and  move ; 
But  nobler  benefits  declare 
The  wonders  of  his  love. 

3.  He  gave  his  Son,  his  only  Son, 

To  ransom  rebel  worms ; 
'Tis  here  he  makes  his  goodness  known 
In  its  diviner  forms. 

4.  To  this  dear  refuge,  Lord,  we  come, 

'Tis  here  our  hope  relies  ; 
A  safe  defence,  a  peaceful  home, 
When  storms  of  trouble  rise. 

5.  Thine  eye  beholds,  with  kind  regard, 

The  souls  who  trust  in  thee  ; 
Their  humble  hope  thou  wilt  reward, 
With  bliss  divinely  free. 

6.  Great  God,  to  thy  Almighty  love, 

What  honours  shall  we  raise  ? 
Not  all  the  raptur'd  songs  above, 
Can  render  equal  praise. 

Hymn  11.   cm. 

The  wisdom  of  God  in  his  work*. 
!.  QONGS  of  immortal  praise  belong 
^3    To  my  almighty  God  : 
He  hath  my  heart,  and  he  my  tongue, 
To  spread  his  name  abroad. 
2.  How  great  the  works  his  hand  hath  wrought! 
How  glorious  in  our  sight! 


PERFECTIONS  OF  GOD. 

And  men  in  ev'ry  age  have  sought 
His  wonders  with  delight. 

3.  How  most  exact  is  nature's  frame  ! 

How  wise  th'  Eternal  mind  1 
His  counsels  never  change  the  scheme, 
That  his  first  thoughts  design'd. 

4.  When  he  redeem'd  his  chosen  sons, 

He  fix'd  his  cov'nant  sure : 
The  orders  that  his  iips  pronounce 
To  endless  years  endure. 

5.  Nature  and  time,  and  earth  and  skies, 

Thy  hcav'nly  skill  proclaim  : 
What  shall  we  do  to  make  us  wise, 
But  learn  to  read  thy  name  ? 

6.  To  fear  thy  pow'r  to  trust  thy  grace, 

Is  our  divinest  skill ; 
And  he's  the  wisest  of  our  race 
Who  best  obeys  thy  will. 


Hymn  12.   c.  m. 

God  is  every  where. 

1.  T    ORD,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee, 
JLi   In  vain  my  soul  would  try 

To  shun  thy  presence,  or  to  flee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 

2.  Thy  all-surrcunding  sight  surveys 

My  rising  and  my  rest, 
My  public  walks,  my  private  wa)  s. 
And  secrets  of  my  breast. 

3.  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  thee,  Lord, 

Before  they're  form'd  witl  in  ; 

And  ere  my  li;:s  pronounce  the  word, 
Thou  knows t  the  sense  I  mean. 

4.  ()  wondrous  knowledge,  deep  and  high! 

Where  can  a  creature  hide  ? 


)0  THE  BEING   AND 

Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 

Beset  on  ev'ry  side. 
5.  So  let  thy  grace  surround  me  still, 

And  like  a  bulwark  prove, 
To  guard  my  soul  from  ev'ry  ill, 

Secur'd  by  sov'reign  love. 

Hymn  13.     cm. 

The  wisdom  of  God  in  the  formation  of  man. 

1.  T  ^7~IIEN  I  with  pleasing  wonder  stand, 

V  V    And  all  my  frame  survey, 
Lord  'tis  thy  work ;   I  own,  thy  hand, 
Thus  built  my  humble  clay. 

2.  Thy  hand  my  heart  and  reins  posse st, 

Where  unborn  nature  grew ; 
Thy  wisdom  all  my  features  trae'd, 
And  all  my  members  drew. 

3.  Thine  eye  with  nicest  care  survey'd 

The  growth  of  ev'ry  part : 
Till  the  whole  scheme  thy  thoughts  had  laid 
Was  copied  by  thine  art. 

4.  Heav'n,  earth,  and  sea,  and  fire,  and  wind. 

Shew   me  thy  wondrous  skill; 
But  I  re\iew  myself,  and  find 
Diviner  wonders  still. 

5.  Thine  awful  glories  round  me  shine, 

My  flesh  proclaims  thy  praise  ; 
Lord,  to  thy  works  of  nature  join 
Thy  miracles  of  grace. 

Hymn  14.    c.  m. 

Creating  wisdom. 
1.  Tf  TERNAL  Wisdom,  thee  we  praise, 
i  a  Thee  the  Creation  sin) 
With  thy  loud  n       .  ,   ro  ks,   Mils  and  seas, 
And  heav'n's  hierh  palace  rings. 


PERFECTIONS  OF  GOD.  1\ 

2.  Thy  glories  blaze  all  nature  round, 

And  strike  the  gazing  sight 
Through  skies,  and  seas,  and  solid  ground, 
With  terror  and  delight. 

3.  Infinite  strength,  and  equal  skill, 

Shine  through  the  worlds  abroad ; 
Our  souls  with  vast  amazement  fill, 
And  speak  the  builder  God. 

4.  But  the  sweet  beauties  of  thy  grace 

Our  softer  passions  move  ; 
Pity  divine  in  Jesus'  face 
We  see,  adore,  and  love. 

Hymn  15.    c.  m. 

The  Infinite. 

\ .  r  I  ^HY  names  how  infinite  they  be ! 
X    Great  Everlasting  One ! 
Boundless  thy  might  and  majesty, 
And  unconfin'd  thy  throne. 

2.  Thy  glories  shine  of  wond'rous  size, 

And  wond'rous  large  thy  grace ; 
Immortal  day  breaks  from  thine  eyes, 
And  Gabriel  veils  his  face. 

3.  Thine  essence  is  a  vast  abyss, 

Which  angels  cannot  sound, 
An  ocean  of  infinities, 

Where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

4.  The  myst'ries  of  creation  lie 

Beneath  enlighten'd  minds, 
Thoughts  can  ascend  above  the  sky, 
And  My  before  the  winds. 

5.  Reason  may  grasp  the  massy  hill, 

And  stretch  from  pole  to  pole, 
But  half  thy  name  our  spirit  fills, 
And  overloads  our  soul. 


12  THE  BEING   AND 

<3.  In  vain  our  hang  n  shells, 

For  nothv.  I  in  Thee 

But  boundless  unconceivable^ 
And  vast  eterni 

Hymn  16.    cm. 

Sovereignty  and  Grace. 
\.  r  a  MIE  Lord !  how  fearful  is  his  name ! 
JL    How  wide  is  ]\is  command  I 
Nature  with  all  her  moving  frame, 
Rests  on  his  mighty  hand. 
2  .  Immortal  glory  forms  his  throne, 
And  light  his  awful  robe 
Whilst,  with  a  smile,  or  with  a  frown 
He  manages  the  globe. 

\j.  Adoring  angels  round  him  fall, 
III  all  their  shining  forms, 
His  Sovereign  eye  looks  through  them  all, 
And  pities  mortal  worms. 

4.  His  bowels  to  our  worthless  race 

In  s  vveet  compassion  moves ; 
He  clothes  bis  looks  with  softest  grace, 
And  takes  his  title  Love 

5.  Now  let  the  Lord  for  dver  reign, 

And  sway  us  as  he  will, 
Sick,  or  in  health,  hi  ease,  or  pain, 
We  arc  his  favorites  still. 

6.  No  more  shall  peevish  passion  rise, 

The  draplain; 

TFia  sovereign  Love  that  lends  our  joys, 
And  love  resumes  again. 


Hymn  17.     l.  m. 

I.  "TV /T^  Qod,  my  Life,  thy  various  praise, 
O.VJL  Shall  fill  the  remnant  of  my  days; 
# 


NATIVITY. 

Thy  grace  employ  my  thankful  tongue, 
Till  death  improve  the  grateful  song. 

2.  The  wings  of  ev'ry  hour  shall  bear 
Some  thankful  tribute  to  thine  ear, 
And  ev'ry  setting  sun  shall  see 
New  works  of  duty  done  for  thee. 

3.  But  who  can   speak  thy  wond'rous  deeds  ? 
Thy  greatness  all  our  thoughts  exceeds ; 
Vast  and  unsearchable  thy  ways, 

Vast  and  unceasing  be  thy  praise. 
1.  Let  endless  honours  crown  thy  head; 
Let  ev'ry  age  thy  praises  spread ; 
While  we  with  cheerful  songs  approve 
The  condescension  of  thy  love. 


II.   The  CHARACTER,  ACTIONS,  SUFFER. 
IATGS,  and  GLOR  Y  of  CHRIST. 

1.  NATIVITY. 
Hymn  18.   l.  m. 

The  deity  and  humanity  of  Chrixt,  John  i.  1,  3,  14- 
and  Col.  i.  16.  and  Eph.  iii.  9,  10. 

1.  T7*  RE  the  blue  heav'ns  were  stretched  abroad, 

■  j  From  everlasting  was  the  Word  i 
With  God  he  was ;   the  word  was  God, 
And  must  divinely  be  ador'd. 

2.  By  his  own  pow'r  were  all  things  made ; 
By  him  supported  ail  things  stand ; 

He  is  the  whole  creation's  head, 
And  angels  fly  at  his  command. 

3.  Ere  sin  was  born,  or  Satan  fell, 
He  led  the  host  of  morning  stars  ; 
(His  generation  who  can  tell, 

Or  count  the  number  of  his  years  ?) 
c 


U  NATIVITY. 

4.  But  lo !  iie  leaves  those  heav'nly  forms, 
The  word  descends  and  dwells  in  clay, 
That  he  may  converse  hold  with  worms, 
Dress'd  in  such  feeble  flesh  as  they. 

5.  Mortals  with  joy  behold  his  face, 
Th'  eternal  Father's  only  Son , 
How  full  of  truth  !  how  full  of  grace ! 
When  thro'  his  eyes  the  Godhead  shone  I 

6.  Arch-angels  leave  their  high  abode, 
To  learn  new  myst'iies  here,  and  tell 
The  love  of  our  descending  God, 
The  glories  of  immanuel. 

Hymn  19.    s.  m. 

Christ  the  ivisdo?n  of  God.     Pro  v.  viii.  1,  22-23. 

1 .  O  HALL  wisdom  cry  aloud, 

jO  And  not  her  speech  be  heard  ? 
The  voice  of  God's  eternal  Word. 
Deserves  it  no  regard  ? 

2.  "  I  was  his  chief  delight, 

"  His  everlasting  Son, 
"  Before  the  first  of  all  his  works, 
"  Creation  was  begun. 

3.  "  Upon  the  empty  air 

The  earth  was  balanc'd  well : 
"  With  joy  I  saw  the  mansion,  where 
"  The  sons  of  men  shoufd  dwell. 

4.  "  My  busy  thoughts  at  first 

"  On  their  salvation  ran, 
"  Ere  sin  was  born,  or  Adam's  dust 
"  Was  fashioned  to  a  man. 

5 .  "  Then  come,  receive  my  grace, 

"  Ye  children  and  be  wise , 
<;  Happy  the  man  that  keeps  my  ways, 
«  The  man  that  shuns  them  dies." 


NATIVITY.  15 

Hymn  20.    l.  m. 

God  the  Son  equal  with  the  Father, 
t.  T>  RIGHT  King  of  glory,  dreadful  God! 
J3  Our  spirits  bow  before  thy  feet ; 
To  thee  we  lift  an  humble  thought, 
And  worship  at  thine  awful  feet. 

2.  Thy  pow'r  hath  form'd,  thy  wisdom  swTays 
All  nature  with  a  sov'reign  word : 

And  the  bright  world  of  stars  obeys 
The  will  of  their  superior  Lord. 

3.  Mercy  and  truth  unite  in  one, 
And  smiling  sit  at  thy  right  hand  ; 
Eternal  justice  guards  thy  throne, 

And  vengeance  waits  thy  dread  command. 

4.  A  thousand  seraphs  strong  and  bright 
Stand  round  the  glorious  Deity  ; 

But  who  amongst  the  sons  of  light, 
Pretends  comparison  with  thee  ? 

5.  Yet  there  is  one  of  human  frame, 
Jesus,  array 'd  in  flesh  and  blood, 
Thinks  it  no  arrogance  to  claim 
A  full  equality  with  God. 

6.  There  glory  shines  with  equal  beams; 
Their  essence  is  for  ever  one, 

Though  they  are  known  by  difFrent  names, 
The  Father  God,  and  God  the  Son, 

7.  Then  let  the  name  of  Christ  our  King 
With  equal  honours  be  ador'd ; 

His  praise  let  ev'ry  angel  sing, 
And  all  the  nations  own  the  Lord. 


'•M 


Hymn  21.    c.  k. 

The  incarnation  of  Christ.     Luke  ii.  14. 
ORT  ALS,  awake,  with  Angels  join, 
And  chant  the  solemn  lay , 


|0  NATIVITY. 

Joy,  love,  and  gratitude,  combine 
To  hail  th'  auspicious  clay. 

2.  In  heav'n  the  rapt'rous  song  began, 

In  sweet  seraphic  lire 
Thro'  all  the  shining  legions  ran, 
And  strung  and  tun'd  the  1}  re. 

3.  Swift  through  the  vast  expanse  it  flew, 

And  loud  the  echo  roll'd ; 
The  theme,  the  scng,  the  joy  was  new, 
*Twas  more  than  heav'n  could  hold. 

4.  Down  thro'  the  portals  of  the  sky 

Th'  impetuous  torrent  ran ; 
And  Angels  flew  with  eager  joy 
To  bear  the  news  to  man. 

5.  Hark  !  the  Cherubic  armies  shout, 

And  glory  leads  the  song  ; 
Good-will,  and  peace  are  heard  throughout 
Th'  harmonious,  Angel-throng. 

6.  With  joy  the  chorus  we'll  repeat, 

"  Glory  to  God  on  high ; 
"  Good-will  and  peace  are  now  complete, 
"  Jesus  was  born  to  die." 

7.  Hail,  Prince  of  life,  forever  hail ! 

Redeemer,  brother,  friend ! 
Tho'  earth,  and  time,  and  life  should  fail, 
Thy  praise  shall  never  end. 

Hymn  22.   c.  m. 

For  the  Nativity  of  our  blessed  Lord  and  Saviour. 
Luke  ii.  8 — 15. 
l.T"\7HILE  shepherds  watch'd  their  flocks  by 
V  V   All  seated  on  the  ground,  [fiighti 

The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
And  glory  shone  around. 

2  M  ]  '"  6akl  he,  for  mighty  dread 

.V.  their  troubled  mind ; 


NATIVITY.  17 

"  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring 

"  To  you,  and  all  mankind. 
3."  To  you,  in  David's  town,  this  day, 

"  Is  born  of  David's  line, 
"  The  Saviour,  who  is  Christ  the  Lord  ; 

"  And  this  shall  be  the  sign : 

4.  u  The  heav'nly  babe  you  there  shall  find, 

"  To  human  view  display 'd, 
"  All  meanly  wrapp'd  in  swathing  bands, 
"  And  in  a  manger  laid." 

5.  Thus  spake  the  Seraph,  and  forthwith 

Appear'd  a  shining  throng 
Of  Angels,  praising  God,  and  thus 
Address'd  their  joyful  song : 

6.  "  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high, 

"  And  to  the  earth  be  peace  : 
*  Good-will  henceforth,  from  heav'n  to  men 
u  Begin,  and  never  cease." 

Hymn  23.     s.  m. 

The  nativity  of  Christ.  Luke  i.  30,  &c. 
Luke  ii.  10,  Sec. 

1.  T)  EHOLD  the  grace  appears, 
Jj  The  promise  is  fulfill'd ; 
Mary,  the  wondrous  virgin,  bears* 

Ajid  Jesus  is  the  child. 

2.  To  bring  the  glorious  news, 

A  heavenly  form  appears: 
He  tells  the  shepherds  of  their  joys>. 
And  banishes  their  fears. 
3."  Go  humble  swains,"  said  he, 
"  To  David's  city  fly  ; 
w  The  promis'd  infant  born  to-day, 
"Doth  in  a  manger  lye. 
4,  "  With  looks  and  hearts  serene, 
"  Go  visit  Christ  your  King ;,: 
c  % 


18  NATIVITY. 

And  straight  a  flaming  troop  was  seen ; 
The  shepherds  heard  them  sing. 

5.  "  Glory  to  God  on  high  ! 

"  And  heav'nly  peace  on  earth, 
"  Good-will  to  men,  to  Angels  joy, 
"At  the  Redeemer's  birth." 

6.  In  worship  so  divine, 

Let  saints  employ  their  tongues, 
With  the  celestial  hosts  we  join, 
And  loud  repeat  their  songs. 

7. "  Glory  to  God  on  high ! 

"  And  heav'nly  peace  on  earth, 
"  Good-will  to  men,  to  Angels  joy, 
"  At  our  Redeemer's  birth.'* 

Hymn  24.    c.  m. 

The  Incarnation.     Johni.  14. 
i.    A    WAKE,  awake  the  sacred  song 
Xjl   To  our  incarnate  Lord ; 
Let  ev'ry  heart  and  ev'ry  tongue 
Adore  th'  eternal  Word. 

2.  That  awful  Word,  that  sovereign  Pow'r. 

By  whom  the  worlds  were  made ; 
(O  happy  morn !  illustrious  hour !) 
Was  once  in  flesh  array 'd ! 

3.  Then  shone  almighty  power  and  love 

In  all  their  glorious  forms ; 
When  Jesus  left  his  throne  above 
To  dwell  with  sinful  worms* 

4.  To  dwell  with  misery  below, 

The  Saviour  left  the  skies ; 
And  sunk  to  wretchedness  and  woe, 
That  worthless  Man  might  rise. 

5.  Adoring  Angels  tun'd  their  songs 

To  hail  the  joyful  day ; 


NATIVITY.  19 


With  rapture  then,  let  mortal  tongues 
Their  grateful  worship  pay. 

6.  What  glory,  Lord,  to  thee  is  due ! 
With  wonder  we  adore  ; 
But  could  we  sing  as  Angels  do, 
Our  highest  praise  were  poor* 


Hymn  25.   c.  m. 

The  Redeemer's  message.     Luke  iv.  18,  19* 

1.  TT  ARK,  the  glad  sound,  the  Saviour  comes^ 
X  A  The  Saviour  promis'd  long ! 

Let  every  heart  prepare  a  throne, 
And  every  voice  a  song. 

2.  On  him  the  Spirit,  largely  poured, 

Exerts  his  sacred  fire  ; 
Wisdom  and  might,  and  zeal  and  love* 
His  holy  breast  inspire. 

3.  He  comes  the  prisoners  to  release, 

In  Satan's  bondage  held  : 
The  gates- of  brass  before  him  burst* 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 

4.  He  comes,  from  thickest  films  of  vice, 

To  clear  the  mental  ray  ; 
And  on  the  eyes  opprest  with  night, 
To  pour  celestial  day. 

5.  He  comes,  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 

The  bleeding  soul  to  cure  ; 
And  with  the  treasures  of  his  grace, 
T'  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

6.  Gur  glad  Hosaruias,  Prince  of  Peace? 

Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim ; 
And  heaven's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 


20  NATIVITY. 

Hymn  26.   cm. 

1 .  «  Q  HEPHERDS,  rejoice,  lift  up  your  eyes, 

O   4;  And  send  your  fears* away ; 
"  News  from  the  regions  of  the  sides, 
"  Sal  vatic  n's  born  t(  -day. 

2.  "  Jesus,  the  God  whom  angels  fear, 

"  Comes  down  to  dwell  with  you, 
"  To-day  he  makes  his  entrance  here«> 
"  But  not  as  monarchs  do. 

3.  "  No  gold,  nor  purple  swadling  bands, 

"  No  royal  shining  things ; 
"  A  manger  for  his  cradle  stands, 
"  And  holds  the  King  of  kings. 

4.  "  Go,  shepherds,  where  the  infant  lies, 

"  And  see  his  humble  throne ; 

u  With  tears  of  joy  in  all  your  eyes, 

"  Go,  shepherds,  kiss  the  Son." 

5.  Thus  Gabriel  sang,  and  straight  around 

The  heav'nly  armies  throng  ; 
They  tune  their  harps  to  lofty  sound, 
And  thus  conclude  the  sorg: 

6.  u  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 

"  Let  peace  surround  the  earth : 
41  Mortals  shall  know  their  Maker's  love, 
"  At  their  Redeemer's  birth." 

7.  Lord!  and  shall  angels  have  their  songs, 

And  men  no  tunes  to  raise  ? 
O  may  we  lose  these  useless  tongues  . 
When  they  forget  to  praise. 

8 .  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 

That  pitied  us  forlorn  ; 
We  join  'iv  Maker's  love, 

For  there's  a  Saviour  born. 


NATIVITY.  21 

Hymn  27.   p.  m. 

1.  XT' ROM  regions  of  love,  lo !  an  angel  descended, 
jl     And  told  the   strange  news  how  the  babe 

was  attended : 
"  Go,  shepherds,  and  visit  this  wonderful  stranger, 
H  See  yonder  bright  star — There's  yourJLord  in  a 
manger!" 
Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb 

Who  hath  purchas'd  our  pardon, 
Wc  will  praise  him  again 
When  we  pass  over  Jordan. 

2.  Glad  tidings  I  bring  unto  you  and  each  nation, 
Glad  tidings  of  joy,  now  behold  your  salvation : 
Then  suddenly  multitudes  raise  their  glad  voices, 
And  shout  the  Redeemer,  while  heaven  rejoices. 

Hallelujah,  &c 

3.  Now  glory  to  God  in  the  highest  is  given, 
Now  glory  to  God,  is  re-echo'd  through  heaven: 
Around  the  whole  earth,  let  us  tell  the  glad  story, 
And  sing  of  his  love,  his  salvation  and  glory* 

Hallelujah,  &x. 

4.  Enraptur'd  I  burn  with  delight  and  desire, 
Such  love,  so  divine,  sets  my  soul  afl  on  fire : 
Around  the  bright  throne  hosannas  are  ringing; 
O !  when  shall  I  join  them,  and  ever  be  singing — 

Hallelujah,  8c c. 

5.  Triumphantly  ride  in  thy  chariot  victorious, 
And  conquer  with  love,  O  Jesu,  all-glorious: 
Thy  banners  unfurl,  let  the  nations  surrender, 
And  own  thee  their  Saviour,  their  God  and  defender. 

Hallelujah,  kc. 


LA 


Hymn  28,   p.  m. 

LL  glory  to  God  in  the  sky, 
And  peace  upon  earth  be  restored, 


22  NATIVITY. 

O  Jesus  exalted  on  high, 

Appear  our  omnipotent  Lord! 

Who  meanly  in  Bethlehem  born, 
Didst  stoop  to  redeem  a  lost  race, 

Once  more  to  thy  creatures  return, 
And  reign  in  thy  kingdom  of  grace. 

2.  When  thou  in  our  flesh  didst  appear, 

All  nature  acknowledg'd  thy  birth ; 
Arose  the  acceptable  year, 

And  heav'n  was  open'd  on  earth  : 
Receiving  its  Lord  from  above, 

The  world  was  united  to  bless 
The  Giver  of 'concord  and  love, 

The  Prince  and  the  Author  of  Peace. 

3.  O  wouldst  thou  again  be  made  known, 

Again  in  thy  spirit  descend, 
And  set  up  in  each  of  thine  own, 

A  kingdom  that  rover  shall  end  : 
Thou  only  art  able  to  bless, 

And  make  the  glad  nations  obey, 
And  bid  the  dire  enmity  cease, 

And  bow  the  whole  world  to  thy  sway. 

4.  Come  then  to  thy  servants  again, 

Who  long  thy  appearance  to  know ; 
Thy  quiet  and  peaceable  reign 

In  mercy  establish  below ! 
All  sorrow  before  thee  shall  fly, 

And  anger  and  hatred  be  o'er, 
And  envy  and  malice  shall  die, 

And  discord  aiflict  us  no  more. 

5.  No  horrid  alarum  of  war, 

Shall  break  our  eternal  repose  ; 
No  sound  of  the  trumpet  is  there, 

Where  Jesus's  Spirit  o'erflows : 
Appeaa'd  by  the  charms  of  thy  grace, 

We  all  shall  in  amity  join, 
And  kindly  each  other  embrace, 

And  love  with  a  passion  like  thine. 


NATIVITY, 

Hymn  29.  s.  m. 

1.  T?  ATHER,  our  hearts  we  lift 
JL  Up  to  thy  gracious  throne, 
And  thank  thee  for  the  precious  gift 

Of  thine  incarnate  Son  ; 
The  gift  unspeakable 

We  thankfully  receive, 
And  to  the  world  thy  goodness  tell, 

And  to  thy  glory  live. 

2.  Jesus,  the  holy  child, 

Doth  by  his  birth  declare, 
That  God  and  mrji  are  reconciTd, 

And  one  in  him  we  are ; 
Salvatibn  through  his  name 

To  all  mankind  is  giv'n, 
And  loud  his  infant  cries  proclaim 

A  peace  'twixt  ^arth  and  heav'n, 

3.  A  peace  on  earth  he  brings,  I 

Which  never  more  shall  end ; 
The  Lord  of  hosts,  the  King  of  kings, 

Declares  himself  our  friend  : 
Assumes  our  flesh  and  blood, 

That  we  his  grace  may  gain, 
The  everlasting  Son  of  God, 

The  mortal  Son  of  man. 

4.  His  kingdom  from  above 

He  doth  to  us  impart, 
And  pure  benevolence  and  love 

O'erflow  the  faithful  heart  : 
Chang'd  in  a  moment,  we 

The  sweet  attraction  find, 
With  open  arms  of  chanty 

Embracing  all  mankind. 

5.  O  might  they  all  receive 
The  new-bom  Prince  of  Peace, 


&  NATIVITY. 

And  meekly  in  his  spirit  live, 
And  in  his  love  increase  i 

Till  he  convey  us  home, 
Cry  ev'ry  soul  aloud, 

Come,  thou  desire  of  nations,  come^ 
And  take  us  up  to  God  1 


Hymn  30,   p.  m. 

1.  TT  ARK !  the  herald-angels  sing, 
JLjL  "  Glory  to  the  new-born  King ; 
"  Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild ; 

"  God  and  sinners  reconcil'd :" 
Joyful,  all  ye  nations,  rise, 
Join  the  triumphs  of  the  skies ; 
With  th'  angelic  hosts  proclaim, 
"  Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem." 

2.  Christ,  by  highest  heav'n  ador'd, 
C  Apt  the  everlasting  Lord; 
Late  in  tame  behold  him  come, 
Offspring  of  a  virgin's  womb ; 
VeiPd  in  flesh,  the  Godhead  see, 
Hail  th'  incarnate  Deity ! 
Pleas'd  as  man  with  men  t'  appear, 
Jesus  our  Immanuel  here. 

3.  Hail,  the  heav'n-born  Prince  of  Peace, 
Hail,  the  Sun  of  righteousness  i 
Light  and  life  to  all  he  brings, 
Ris'nwith  healinginhis  wings: 
Mild  he  lays  his  glory  by, 

Born  that  man  no  more  may  die  ; 
Born  to  raise  the  sons  of  earth ; 
Born  to  give  them  second  birth. 

4.  Come,  desire  of  nations,  come, 
Fix  in  us  thy  humble  home ; 
Rise,  the  woman's  conqu'ring  seed, 
Bruise  ia  us  the  serpent's  head : 


NATIVITY.  2* 

Adam's  likeness  now  efface, 
^tamp  thine  image  in  its  place: 
Second  Adam  from  above, 
Reinstate  us  in  thy  love. 

Hymn  31.  c.  m. 

The  Song  of  Angels  at  the  Birth  of  Christ.  Luke  ii, 
13,  14. 

1.  TTIGH  let  us  swell  our  tuneful  notes, 
JT1  And  join  th'  angelic  throng; 

For  angels  no  such  love  have  known, 
T'  awake  a  cheerful  song. 

2.  Good  will  to  guilty  men  is  shewn, 

And  peace  on  earth  is  giv'n ; 
For  lo !  th'  incarnate  Saviour  comes, 
With  messages  from  heav'n. 

3.  Justice  and  grace  with  sweet  accord, 

His  rising  beams  adorn: 
Let  heav'n  and  earth  in  concert  join, 
Now  such  a  child  is  born. 

4.  Glory  to  God  in  highest  strains, 

In  highest  worlds  be  paid; 
His  glory  by  our  lips  procktim'd, 
And  by  our  lives  display 'd. 

5.  When  shall  we  reach  those  blissful  realms, 

Where  Christ  exalted  reigns, 
And  learn  of  the  celestial  choir, 
Their  own  immortal  strains  ? 

Hymn  32.   l.  m. 

Tu/ies  and  Prophecies  of  Christ. 
I .  T3  FHOLD  the  woman's  promis'd  seed  \ 
JD    Behoid  the  great  Messiah  come  ! 
Behold  the  Prophets  all  agreed 
To  give  him  the  superior  room ! 
D 


26  THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST. 

2.  Abra'm,  the  saint,  rejoic'd  of  old, 

When  visions  of  the  Lord  he  saw ; 
Moses,  the  man  of  God,  foretold 
This  great  fulfiller  of  his  law. 

3.  The  types  bore  witness  to  his  name, 

Obtain'd  their  chief  design,  and  ceas'd; 
The  Incense  and  the  bleeding  Lamb, 
The  Ark,  the  Altar,  and  the  Priest. 

4.  Predictions  in  abundance  meet 

To  join  their  blessings  on  his  head : 
Jesus,  we  worship  at  thy  feet, 

And  nations  own  the  promis'd  seed. 


2.  THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST. 
Hymn  33.    c.  m. 

The  offices  of  Christ. 

1 .  T  %  TE  bless  the  prophet  of  the  Lord, 

V  V    That  comes  with  truth  and  Grace ; 
Jesus,  thy  Spirit  and  thy  word 
Shall  lead  us  in  thy  ways. 

2.  We  rev'rence  our  High-Priest  above, 

Who  offer'd  up  his  blood, 
And  lives  to  carry  on  his  love, 
By  pleading  with  our  God. 

3.  We  honour  our  exalted  King ; 

How  sweet  are  his  commands ! 
He  guards  our  souls  from  hell  and  sin, 
By  his  Almighty  hands. 

4.  Hosanna  to  his   glorious  name, 

Who  saves  by  different  ways; 
His  mercies  lay  a  sov'reign  claim 
To  our  immortal  praise. 


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THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST.  27 

Hymn  34.     s.  m. 

Christ  our  wisdom  and  righteousness. 

1.  T  TOW  heavy  is  the  night 
11  That  hangs  upon  our  eyes, 
'Till  Christ  with  his  reviving  light 

Over  our  souls  arise  ! 

2.  Our  guilty  spirits  dread 

To  meet  the  wrath  of  heav'n  ; 
But  in  his  righteousness  array'd, 
We  see  our  sins  forgiv'n. 

3.  Unholy  and  impure 

Are  all  our  thoughts  and  ways ; 
His  hands  depraved  nature  cure 
With  sanctifying  grace, 

4.  The  pow'rs  of  hell  agree 

To  hold  our  souls  in  vain ; 
He  sets  the  sons  of  bondage  free, 
And  breaks  the  cursed  chain. 

5.  Lord,  we  adore  thy  ways, 

To  bring  us  near  to  God, 
Thy  sov'reignpow'r,  thy  healing  grace, 
And  thine  atoning  blood. 

Hymn  35.    l.  m. 

The  examfile  of  Christ. 

1.  TV  /FY  dear  Redeemer,  and  my  Lord! 
JLVx    I  read  my  duty  in  thy  word: 
But  in  thy  life  the  law  appears, 
Drawn  out  in  living  characters. 

2.  Such  was  thy  truth,  and  such  thy  zeal, 
Such  defrence  to  thy  Father's  will, 
Thy  love  and  meekness  so  divine, 

I  would  transcribe  and  make  them  mine. 

3.  Cold  mountains,  and  the  midnight  air 
Witness'd  the  fervor  of  thy  prayer: 


$t  THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST. 

The  desert  thy  temptations  knew, 
Thy  conflict,  and  thy  vict'ry  too. 
4.  Be  thou  my  pattern ;   make  me  bear 
More  of  thy  gracious  imaire  here  ; 
Then  God,  the  Judge,  shall  own  my  name 
Among  the  fol'wers  of  the  Lamb. 

Hymn  36.   c.  m. 

God  reconciled  in  Ghtitt: 
\.  TAEAREST  of  all  the  names  above* 

I  3    My  Jesus,  and  my  God, 
Who  can  resist  thy  heav'nly  love, 
Or  trifle  with  thy  blood  ? 

2.  'Tis  by  the  merits  of  thy  death 
The  Father  smiles  again; 

Tis  by  thine  interceding  breath 
The  Spirit  dwells  with  men. 

3.  Till  God  in  human  flesh  I  see, 
My  thoughts  no  comfort  find ; 

The  holy,  just,  and  sacred  Three 
Are  terrors  to  my  mind. 

4.  But  if  Immanuel's  face  appear, 
My  hope,  my  joy  begins  ; 

His  name  forbids  my  slavish  fear, 
His  grace  removes  my  sins. 

5.  While  Jews  on  their  own  law  rely, 
And  Greeks  of  wisdom  boast, 

I  love  th*  incarnate  mystery, 
And  there  I  fix  my  trust. 

Hymn  37.   l.  m. 

Christ  appearing  to  his   C/iurch.     Sol*  Song  ii.  8,  9, 
10,  11,  12,  13. 

i.  r  I  MIK  voice  of  my  beloved  sounds 
X     Over  the  rocks  and  rising  grounds ; 


THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST.  29 

O'er  hills  of  guilt,  and  seas  of  grief, 
He  leaps,  he  flies,  to  my  relief. 

2.  Now  through  the  veil  of  flesh  I  see, 
With  eyes  of  love  he  looks  at  me ; 
Now  in  the  gospel's  clearest  glass 
He  shows  the  beauties  of  his  face. 

3.  Gently  he  draws  my  heart  along, 
Both  with  his  beauties  and  his  tongue : 

"  Rise,5'  saith  my  Lord,  "  make  haste  away, 
"  No  mortal  joys  are  worth  thy  stay. 

4.  u  The  Jewish  wint'ry  state  is  gone, 

"  The  mists  are  fled,  the  spring  comes  on. 
"  The  sacred  turtle-dove,  we  hear, 
"  Proclaims  the  new,  the  joyful  year. 

5.  "  Th'  immortal  vine,  of  heav'nly  root, 

"  Blossoms  and  buds,  and  gives  her  fruit." 
Lo,  we  are  come  to  taste  the  wine. 
Our  sojils  rejoice,  and  bless  the  vine. 

6.  And  when  we  hear  our  Jesus  say, 

44  Rise  up  my  love,  make  haste  away," 
Our  hearts  would  fain  out-fly  the  wind, 
And  leave  all  earthly  joys  behind. 


Hymn  38.   l.  m. 

The  coronation  of  Christ,  and  esfiousais  of  the  cfairch. 
Sol.  Song  iii.  2. 

1.  TESUS,  thou  everlasting  King! 

J    Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring, 
Accept  the  well  deserv'd  renown, 
And  wear  our  praises  as  thy  crown. 

2.  Let  ev'ry  act  of  worship  be 

Like  our.  espousals,  Lord,  to  thee; 
Like  the  blest  hour,  when  from  above 
Wt  fiFst  received  thv  pledge  of  love. 
'd  2 


30  THE  OFFICES  OF   CHRIST. 

3.  The  gladness  of  that  happy  day! 
Our  hearts  would  wish  it  long  to  stay ; 
Nor  let  our  faith  forsake  its  hold, 
Nor  hope  decline,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

4.  Each  foi'wing  minute,  as  it  flies, 
Increase  thy  praise,  improve  our  joys, 
Till  we  arc  rais'd  to  sing  thy  name, 
At  the  great  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

5.  Oh  that  the  months  would  roll  away, 
And  bring  that  coronation  day  I 

The  king  of  grace  shall  fill  the  throne, 
With  all  his  Father's  glories  on. 


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Hymn  39.    l.  m. 

Glory  and  grace  in  the  person  of Christ. 
OW  to  the  Lord  a  noble  song! 


Awake,  my  soul ;  awake,  my  tongue 
Hosanna  to  th'  eternal  name, 
And  all  his  boundless  love  proclaim. 

2.  See  where  it  shines  in  Jesus'  face, 
The  brightest  image  of  his  grace : 
God,  in  the  person  of  his  Son, 

Hath  all  his  mightiest  works  outdone. 

3.  The  spacious  earth  and  spreading  flood 
Proclaim  the  wise  and  powerful  God, 
And  thy  rich  glorks  from  afar 
Sparkle  in  ev'ry  rolling  Star, 

4.  But  in  his  looks  a  glory  stands, 
The  noblest  labour  of  thine  hands; 
The  pleasing  lustre  of  his  eyes 
Outshines  the  wonders  of  the  skies, 

5.  Grace !  'tis  a  sweet,  a  charming  theme  : 
My  thoughts  rejoice  at  Jesus'  name  ! 
Ye  angels,  dwell  upon  the  sound ; 

Yc  heavens  Itefect  it  to  the  ground! 


THE  OFriCES  OF  CHRrST.  ST 

6.  O  may  I  live  to  reach  the  place 
Where  he  unveils  his  lovely  face ! 
Where  all  his  beauties  you  behold, 
And  sing  his  name  to  harps  of  gold. 

Hymn  40„   l.  m. 

Christ's  Hunutiaticn  and  exaltation^     Rev.  v.  l*2& 

1.  1 I7HAT  equal  honours  shall  we  bring 

V  V    To  thee,  O  Lord  our  God,  the  Lamb,. 
When  all  the  notes  that  angels  sing, 
Are  far  inferior  to  thy  name  I 

2.  Worthy  is  he  that  once  was  slain, 

The  Prince  of  Peace  that  groaned  and  diedr 
Worthy  to  rise,  and  live  and  reign 
At  his  Almighty  Father's  side. 
2.  Pow'r  and  dominion  are  his  due, 

Who  stood  condemned  at  Pilate's  bar  ; 
Wisdom  belongs  to  Jesus  too, 

Though  he  was  charg'd  with  madness  here* 

4.  All  riches  are  his  native  right, 

Yet  he  sustain'd  amazing  loss ; 
To  him  ascribe  eternal  might, 

Who  left  his  weakness  on  the  cross, 

5.  Honour  immortal  must  be  paid, 

Instead  of  scandal  and  of  scorn ; 
While  glory  shines  around  his  head, 
And  a  bright  crown  without  a  thorn. 

6.  Blessings  forever  on  the  Lamb, 

Who  bore  the  curse  for  wretch od  men: 
Let  angels  sound  his  sacred  name, 
And  every  creature  say,  Amen. 

Hymn  41.    l.  m. 

Miracles  in  the  life,  death,  and  resurrection  of  Christ* 
1.  T3  EHOLD,  the  blind  their  sight  receive ! 
Xj  Behold,  the  dead  awake,  and  live ; 


32  THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST. 

The  dumb  speak  wonders,  and  the  lame 
Leap  like  the  hart,  and  bless  his  name ! 

2.  Thus  doth  th*  eternal  Spirit  own 
And  seal  the  mission  of  the  Son  ; 
The  Father  vindicates  his  cause, 
While  he  hangs  bleeding  oh  the  cross. 

3.  He  dies ;  the  heav'ns  in  mourning  stood ; 
He  rises,  and  appears  a  God : 

Behold  the  Lord  ascending  high, 
No  more  to  bleed,  no  more  to  die  ; 

4.  Hence  and  forever  from  my  heart 
I  bid  my  doubts  and  fears  depart ; 
And  to  those  hands  my  soul  resign, 
Which  bear  credentials  so  divine. 

Hymn  42.   l.  m. 

The  Humiliation,  Exaltation,  and  Triumphs  of  Christ. 
.  Phil.ii.  8,  9.  Col.  ii.  15. 

1.  rTHHE  mighty  frame  of  glorious  grace, 

JL    That  brightest  monument  of  praise 
That  e'er  the  God  of  Love  design'd, 
Employs  and  fills  my  lab'ring  mind. 

2.  Begin,  my  soul,  the  heav'nly  song, 
A  burden  for  an  Angel's  tongue ; 
When  Gabriel  sounds  these  awful  things,, 
He  tunes  and  summons  all  his  strings. 

3.  Proclaim  inimitable  love, 
Jesus    the  Lord  of  worlds  above, 
Puts  off  the  beams  of  bright  array, 
And  veils  the  God  in  mortal  clay. 

4.  He  that  distributes  crowns  and  thrones 
Hangs  on  a  tree,  and  bleeds  and  groans ; 
The  Prince  of  Life  resigns  his  breath, 
The  King  of  Glory  bows  to  death. 

J.  But  see  the  wonders  of  his  power. 
He  triumphs  in  his  dying  hour, 


THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST.  j 

And,  while  by  Satan's  rage  he  fell, 
He  dash'd  the  rising  hopes  of  hell. 

e>.  Thus  were  the  hosts  of  death  subdu'd* 
And  sin  was  drown'd  in  Jesus'  blood : 
Then  he  arose  ;  he  reigns  above, 
And  conquers  sinners  by  his  love. 

7.  Who  shall  fulfil  this  boundless  song? 
The  theme  surmounts  an  Angel's  tongue  ; 
How  low,  how  vain  are  mortal  airs, 
When  Gabriel's  nobler  harp  despairs ; 

Hymn  43.    cm. 

The  Messiah's  coming  and  kingdom* 

1.  TOY  to  the  world ;  the  Lord  is  come  ; 
J    Let  earth  receive  her  king ; 

Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heav'n  and  nature  sing. 

2.  Joy  to  the  earth  ;  the  Saviour  reigns ; 

Let  men  their  songs  employ  ; 
While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills  and  plain* 
Repeat  the  sounding  joy. 

3.  No  more  let  sins  and  sorrows  grow, 

Nor  thorns  infest  the  ground ; 
He  comes  to  make  his  blessings  flow 
Far  as  the  curse  is  found. 

4.  He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  graceT 

And  makes  the  nations  prove 
The  glories  of  his  righteousness, 
And  wonders  of  his  love. 

Hymn  44.    s.  m. 

Christ's  kingdom  and  majesty. 

I.  rT^HE  God,  Jehovah  reigns, 
JL    Let  all  the  nations  fear ; 
Let  sinners  tremble  at  his  throner 
And  saints  be  humbled  thercv 


34,  THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST. 

2.  Jesus  the  Saviour  reign% 

Let  earth  adore  its  Lord ; 
Bright  cherubs  his  attendants  stand, 
And  swift  fulfil  his  word. 

3.  In  Zion  is  his  throne ; 

His  honours  are  divine ; 
His  church  shall  make  his  wonders  known, 
For  there  his  glories  shine. 

4.  How  holy  is  his  name ! 

How  terrible  his  praise  ! 
Justice  and  truth  and  judgment  join* 
In  all  his  works  of  grace. 


Hymn  45.    l.  m. 

The  glory  of  Christ,  and flower  of  his  gosflcb 

1.  "^fOW  be  my  heart  inspir'd  to  sing 
JlN     The  glories  of  my  Saviour  King, 
Jesus  the  Lord  ;  how  heavenly  fair 
His  form !  how  bright  his  beauties  are  I 

2.  O'er  all  the  sons  of  human  race, 
He  shines  with  a  superior  grace, 
Love  from  his  lips  divinely  flows, 
And  blessings  all  his  state  compose. 

3.  Dress  thee  in  arms,  most  mighty  Lord! 
Gird  on  the  terror  of  thy  sword, 

In  majesty  and  glory  ride 

With  truth  and  meekness  at  thy  side. 

4.  Thine  anger,  like  a  pointed  dart, 
Shall  pierce  the  foes  of  stubborn  heart  ; 
Or  words  of  mercy  kind  and  sweet 
Shall  melt  the  rebels  a£*hy  feet. 

5.  Thy  throne,  O  God,  forever  stands; 
Grace  is  the  sceptre  in  thy  hands; 
Thy  laws  and  works  are  just  and  right ; 
Justice  and  grace  are  thy  delight. 


THE  OFFICES  OF  CHRIST,  35 

.  God,  thine  own  God,  has  richly  shed 
His  oil  of  gladness  on  thy  head, 
And  with  his  sacred  spirit  bless'd 
His  first-born  Son  above  the  rest. 

Hymn  46.     p.  m. 
I.  TOIN  all  the  glorious  names 
J    Of  wisdom,  love,  and  pow'r, 
That  ever  mortals  knew, 
That  angels  ever  bore ; 
All  are  too  mean 
To  speak  his  worth, 
Too  mean  to  set 
My  Saviour  forth. 

2.  But  O  what  gentle  terms, 
What  condescending  ways 
Doth  our  Redeemer  use, 
To  teach  his  heav'nly  grace ! 

Mine  eyes  with  joy 
And  wonder  see 
What  forms  of  love 
He  bears  for  me. 

3.  Array 'd  in  mortal  flesh, 
He  like  an  angel  stands, 
And  holds  the  promises, 
And  pardons  in  his  hands: 

Commission'd  from 
His  Father's  throne, 
To  make  his  grace 
To  mortals  known. 

4.  Great  Prophet  of  my  God, 

My  tongue  would  bless  thy  name ; 
By  thee  the  joyful  news 
Of  our  salvation  came ; 

The  joyful  news 

Of  sin  forglv'n, 

Ofhcll  subdu'd 

And  peace  with  heav'n, 


36  THE  PASSION  OP  CHRIST. 

3.  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 
Hymn  47.  c.  m. 

1.  T)  EHOLD  the  Saviour  of  mankind 
JD  Nail'd  to  the  shameful  tree ; 
How  vast  the  love  that  him  inclin'd 

To  bleed  and  die  for  thee ! 

2.  Hark,  how  he  groans!  while  nature  shakes, 

And  earth's  strong  pillars  bend ! 
The  temple's  veil  in  sunder  breaks, 
The  solid  marbles  rend. 

3.  'Tis  done !  the  precious  ransom's  paid, 

"  Receive  my  soul  1"  he  cries ; 
Sec,  where  he  bows  his  sacred  head  1 
He  bows  his  head,  and  dies ! 

4.  But  soon  he'll  break  death's  envious  chain. 

And  in  full  glory  shine ; 
O  Lamb  of  God !  was  ever  pain, 
Was  ever  love  like  thine  1 

Hymn  48.   p.  m. 

\_Fro??i  the  German.'] 
\ .  (~\  Love  divine  1  what  hast  thou  done ! 
V^/  Jesus  my  Lord  hath  dy'd  for  me! 
The  Father's  co-eternal  Son, 

Bore  all  my  sins  upon  the  tree ; 
Th'  atoning  Lamb  for  me  hath  dy'd; 
My  Lord  my  Love,  is  crucify 'd. 

2.  Behold  him,  all  ye  that  pass  by, 

The  bleeding  Prince  of  life  and  peace! 
Come  see,  ye  worms,  your  Saviour  die, 

And  say,  was  ever  grief  like  his ! 
Come  feel,  with  me,  his  blood  apply'd; 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucify 'd: 

3.  Is  crucify 'd  for  me  and  you, 

To  bring  us  rebels  back  to  God: 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST 

.     ^Believe,  believe  the  record  true, 

Ye  all  are  bought  with  Jesu's  blood: 

Pardon  for  all  flows  from  his  side : 

My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucify'd. 
4.  Then  let  us  sit  beneath  his  cross, 

And  gladly  catch  the  healing  stream : 

All  things  for  him  account  but  loss, 
And  give  up  all  our  hearts  to  him. 

Of  nothing  think  or  speak,  beside : 

My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucify'd. 

Hymn  49,   l.  m. 

1.  /~\  F  him  who  did  salvation  bring 
V^/  I  could  for  ever  think  and  sing ; 
Arise,  ye  guilty,  he'll  forgive  ; 
Arise,  ye  needy,  he'll  relieve. 

2.  Ask  but  his  grace,  and  lo,  'lis  giv'n; 
Ask,  and  he  turns  your  hell  to  heav'n ; 
Tho'  sin  and  sorrow  wound  my  soul, 
Jesus,  thy  balm  will  make  it  whole. 

3.  To  shame  our  sins  he  blush'd  in  blood, 
He  clos'd  his  eyes  to  shew  us  God. 
Let  all  the  world  fall  down  and  know, 
That  none  but  God  such  love  can  show, 

4.  'Tis  thee  I  love,  for  thee  alone 

I  shed  my  tears  and  make  my  moan ; 
Where'er  I  am,  where'er  I  move, 
I  meet  the  object  of  my  love. 

5.  Insatiate  to  this  spring  I  fly; 
I  drink,  and  yet  am  ever  dry; 

Ah !  who  against  thy  charms  is  proof? 
Ah  I  who  that  loves,  can  love  enough  ? 

Hymn  50.   p.  m. 

1 .    \    LL  ye  that  by,  to  Jesus  draw  nigh  ; 

JLJL  To  you  is  it  nothing  that  Jesus  should  die ? 
c 


S3  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

Your  ransom  and  peace,  your  surety  he  is, 
Come  see  if  there  ever  was  sorrow  like  his. 

2.  For  what  you  have  done,  his  blood  must  atone  ; 
The  Father  hath  punish'd,  for  you,  his  dear  Son: 
The  Lord,  in  the  day  of  his  anger,  did  lay 
Your  sins  on  the  Lamb,  and  he  bore  them  away. 

3.  He  answer'd  for  all,  O  come  at  his  call, 
And  low,  at  his  cross,  with  astonishment  fall. 
But  lift  up  your  eyes,  to  Jesus's  cries, 
Impassive  he  suffers,  immortal  he  dies. 

4.  He  dies  to  atone  for  sins  not  his  own, 

Your  debt  he  hath  paid,  and  your  work  he  hath  done : 

Ye  all  may  receive  the  peace  he  did  leave, 

Who  made  intercession  i  "  My  Father,  forgive  !'* 

5.  For  you  and  for  me  he  pray'd  on  the  tree ; 
His  prayer  is  accepted,  the  sinner  is  free. 
The  sinner  am  I — on  Christ  I  rely, 

And  come  for  the  pardon,  God  cannot  deny. 

6.  My  pardon  I  claim ;  a  sinner  I  am, 
A  sinner  believing  in  Jesus's  name. 

He  purchas'd  the  grace,  which  now  I  embrace : 
O  Father,  thou  know'st  he  hath  dy'd  in  my  place  ! 

7.  His  death  is  my  plea,  my  advocate  see, 

And  hear  the  blood  speak  that  hath  answer'd  for  me 
Acquitted  I  was,  when  he  bled  on  the  cross: 
By  losing  his  life  he  hath  carry 'd  my  cause. 

Hymn  51.   l.  m. 

"E  dies,  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies  ! 
Lo !  Salem's  daughters  weep  around  ; 
A  solemn  darkness  veils  the  skies  ! 

A  sudden  trembling  shakes  the  ground ! 
Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  tear  or  t\\  o 

For  him  who  groan'd  beneath  your  load : 
He  shed  a  thousand  drops  for  you, 
A  thousand  drops  of  richer  blood. 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST.  39 

2.  Here's  love  and  grief  beyond  degree. 

The  Lord  of  glory  dies  for  man  ! 
But  lo  !  what  sudden  joys  we  see  ; 

Jesus,  the  dead,  revives  again ! 
The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb  : 

(In  vain  the  tomb  forbids  his  rise) 
Cl\erubic  legions  guard  him  home, 

And  shout  him  welcome  to  the  skies. 

3.  Break  oft"  your  tears,  ye  saints,  and  tell, 

How  high  your  great  deliv'rer  reigns ; 
Sing  how  he  spoil'd  the  hosts  of  hell, 

And  led  the  monster  death  in  chains! 
Say,  "Live  forever,  wond'roua  king ! 

u  Born  to  redeem,  and  strong  to  save  i" 
Then  ask  the  monster — "Where's  thy  sting  7 

"And  where's  thy  vict'ry  boasting  grave  ¥' 

Hymn  52.  c.  m. 

1.  TQLUNG'D  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair, 
JL      We  wretched  sinners  lay, 
Without  one  cheering  beam  of  hope, 

Or  spark  of  glim' ring  day. 

2.  With  pitying  eyes  the  Prince  of  grace 

Beheld  our  helpless  grief : 
He  saw,  and  (O  amazing  love!) 
He  ran  to  our  relief. 

3.  Down  from  the  shining  seats  above 

With  joyful  haste  he  fled ; 
Enter'd  the  grave  in  mortal  flesh, 
And  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

4.  O  !  for  this  love  let  rocks  and  hills 

Their  lasting  silence  break, 
And  all  harmonious  human  tongues 
The  Saviour's  praises  speak. 

5.  Angels  assist  our  mighty  joys, 

Strike  all  your  harps  of  gold  : 


40  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

But  when  you  raise  your  highest  notes, 
His  love  can  ne'er  be  told. 

Hymn  53.  c.  m. 

Good-Friday. 

1.  A    LAS!  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed  ? 
JTjl  And  did  my  Sov'reign  die  ? 
Would  he  devote  that  sacred  head, 

For  such  a  worm  as  I  ? 

2.  Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  have  done, 

He  groan'd  upon  the  tree  ? 
Amazing  pity  !  grace  unknown  ! 
And  love  beyond  degree  ! 

3.  Well  might  the  sun  in  darkness  hide, 

And  shut  his  glories  in; 
When  Christ,  the  mighty  Saviour  dy'd, 
For  man's  the  creature's,  sin ! 

4.  Thus  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face, 

While  his  dear  cross  appears ; 
Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness, 
And  melt  my  eyes  to  tears. 

5.  But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 

The  debt  of  love  I  owe : 
Here,  Lord  I  give  myself  away : 
'Tis  all  that  I  can  do. 

Hymn  54,     p.  m. 

i    "\7"E  heavens  rejoice  in  Jesus's  grace, 

X    Let  earth  make  a  noise,  and  echo  his  praise  9 
Our  all  loving  Saviour  hath  pacify 'd  God, 
And  paid  for  his  favour  the  price  of  his  blood. 

2.  Ye  mountains  and  vales,  in  praises  abound, 
Ye  hills  and  ye  dales,  continue  the  sound : 
Break  forth  into  singing,  ye  trees  of  the  wood, 
For  Jesus  is  bringing  lest  sinners  to  Cod. 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST.  41 

3.  Atonement  he  made  for  every  one, 

The  debt  he  hath  paid,  the  work  he  hath  done ; 
Shout  all  the  creation,  below  and  above, 
Ascribing  salvation  to  Jesus's  love. 

4.  His  mercy  hath  brought  salvation  to  all, 

Who  take  it  unbought,  he  frees  them  from  thrall ; 
Throughout  the  believer,  his  glory  displays 
And  perfects  for  ever,  the  vessels  of  grace- 
Hymn  55.    L.  M. 

1 .  f  I  ^HERE  hangs  the  Saviour  of  mankind, 

X    His  visage  marr'd,  his  head  reclin'd, 
His  bleeding  hands,  his  bleeding  feet, 
Declare  his  love  divinely  great. 

2.  His  flesh  is  torn  with  whips  and  nails ; 
His  strength  decays,  his  spirit  fails : 
His  side  is  pierc'd,  his  heart  is  broke, 
Beneath  the  sin-avenging  stroke. 

3.  The  thieves  expiring  on  each  side 
Proclaim  the  crimes  for  which  they  dy'd : 
But  what,  dear  Saviour,  hast  thou  done  ? 
Thou  dy'st  for  sin,  but  not  thine  own. 

4.  Jesus,  and  didst  thou  bleed  for  me  \ 

0  great,  O  boundless  mystery  ! 

1  bow  my  head  in  deep  amaze, 
And  silently  adore  thy  grace. 


1. 


Hymn  56.   c.  m. 

BEHOLD  the  loving  Son  of  God 
Stretch'd  out  upon  the  tree ; 
Behold  him  shed  his  precious  blood3 
And  die  for  you  and  me, 
2.  Why  is  his  body  rack'd  with  pains, 
And  wrung  with  keenest  smart  ? 
Why  flows  the  blood  out  of  his  veins. 
WJiy  torn  with  grief  his  heart? 
E2 


42  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST; 

3.  All  righteousness  did  he  fulfil, 

No  sin  did  e'er  he  know. 
He  never  thought  nor  acted  ill  r 
Why  was  he  wounded  so  ? 

4.  Alas  !  t  know  the  reason  why  ; 

Our  num'rous  sins  he  bore  ; 
This  caus'd  his  bitter  agony, 
This  wounded  him  so  sore. 

5.  But  hence  our  confidence  begins  ; 

For  we  may  boldly  say, 
That  thus,  by  bearing  all  our  sins, 
He  took  them  all  away. 

6.  Our  God  is  fully  reconciPd, 

His  justice  satisfy 'd  ; 
Each  sinner  now  may  be  his  child, 
Since  Jesus  bled  and  dy'd. 

7.  Come  then,  each  needy  sinner,  come>. 

If  you'll  accept,  he'll  give  ; 
But  suffer  him  to  lead  you  home, 
Whoever  will,  may  live. 


Hymn  57.   c.  u. 

THERE  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with  blood, 
Drawn  from  Immanuel's  veins  ; 
And  sinners  plung'd  beneath  that  flood 
Lose  all  their  guilty  stains. 

2.  The  dying  thief  rejoic'd  to  see 

That  fountain  in  his  day  ; 

And  there  have  I,  as  vile  as  he, 

Wash'd  all  my  sins  away. 

3.  E'er  since,  by  faith,  I  saw  the  stream 

IJis  flowing  wounds  supply, 
Redeeming  love  has  been  my  theme,. 
And  shall  be  till  I  die. 


THE  PASSION"  OF  CHRIST.  42 

4.  Then  in  a  nobler,  sweeter  song, 
I'll  sing  his  power  to  save  ; 
When  this  poor  lisping,  stamm'ring  tongue,. 
Lies  silent  in  the  grave. 


Hymn  58.   l.  m. 

ChHst  crucified, 
ill  THEN  I  survey  the  wond'rous  cross 
V  V     On  which  the  prince  of  glory  dy'd, 
My  richest  gain  I  count  but  loss, 
And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 

2.  Father  forbid  that  I  should  boast, 

Save  in  the  death  of  Christ,  my  God  : 
All  the  vain  things  that  charm  me  most, 
I  sacrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3.  See  !  from  his  head,  his  hands,  and  feet, 

Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down  ! 
Did  e'er  such  love  and  sorrow  meet, 
Or  thorns  compose  so  rich  a  crown  ? 

4.  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine. 

That  were  a  present  far  too  small  ; 
Love  so  amazing,  so  divine, 

Demands  my  soul,  my  life,  my  all. 

Hymn  59.    c.  m« 

Jesus  hasting  to  suffer. 

1.  r  I  ^HE  Saviour,  what  a  noble  flame 

jL.    Was  kindled  in  his  breast, 
When  hasting  to  Jerusalem, 
He  march'd  before  the  rest  ! 

2.  Goodwill  to  men  and  zeal  for  God, 

His  ev'ry  thought  engross  : 
He  longs  to  be  baptiz'd  with  blood— • 
He  pants  to  reach  his  cross. 


44  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

3.  With  all  his  sufFrings  full  in  view, 

And  woes,  to  us,  unknown, 
Forth  to  the  task  his  spirit  flew, 
'Twas  love  that  urg'd  him  on. 

4.  Lord,  we  return  thee  what  we  can, 

Our  hearts  shall  sound  abroad 
Salvation,  to  the  dying  Man, 
And  to  the  rising  God  ! 

5*  And  while  thy  bleeding  glories  here, 
Engage  our  wand' ring  eyes  ; 
We  learn  our  lighter  cross  to  bear, 
And  hasten  to  the  skies. 


Hymn  60.  c.  k. 

Looking  at  the  Cross. 

I .  T  N  evil  long  I  took  delight, 
X    Unaw'd  by  shame  or  fear  ; 
Till  a  new  object  struck  my  sight, 
And  stopp'd  my  wild  career. 

3. 1  saw  one  hanging  on  a  tree 
In  agonies  and  blood  ; 
Who  fix'd  his  languid  eyes  on  mer 
As  near  his  cross  I  stood. 

3.  Sure,  never  to  my  latest  breath, 

Can  I  forget  that  look  ; 
It  seem'd  to  charge  me  with  his  death, 
Tho'  not  a  word  he  spoke. 

4.  My  conscience  felt,  and  own'd  the  guilt, 

And  plung'd  me  in  despair  : 
I  saw  my  sins  his  blood  had  spilt, 
And  help'd  to  nail  him  there. 
3.  Alas  !  I  knew  not  what  I  did 
But  now  my  tears  are  vain  ; 
Where  shall  my  trembling  soul  Jjc  hid 
for  I  the  Lord  have  ski 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST.  «l 

4.  A  second  look  he  gave,  which  said, 
u  I  freely  all  forgive  ; 
"  This  blood  is  for  thy  ransom  paid  ; 
44  I  die  that  thou  may'st  live." 

Hymn  61.   c.  m. 

They  shall  look  en  him  whom  they  fiierced>  and  mou  rn  - 

1.  TNFINITE  grief  !  amazing  woe  ! 
JL  Behold  my  bleeding  Lord  ! 

Hell  and  the  Jews  conspir'd  his  death, 
And  us'd  the  Roman  sword. 

2.  O,  the  sharp  pangs  of  smarting  pain, 

My  dear  Redeemer  bore  ! 
When  knotty  whips  and  ragged  thorns* 
His  sacred  body  tore  ! 

3.  But  knotty  whips  and  ragged  thorns 

In  vain  I  do  accuse  ; 
In  vain  I  blame  the  Roman  bands, 
And  the  more  spite  full  Jews. 

4.  'Twere  you,  my  sins,  my  cruel  sins, 

His  chief  tormentors  were  ; 
Each  of  my  crimes  became  a  nail, 
And  unbelief  the  spear. 

5.  'Twere  you  that  puli'd  the  veng'ance  down 

Upon  his  guiltless  head  ; 
Break,  break,  my  heart !  O  burst  mine  eyes> 
And  let  my  sorrows  bleed. 

6.  Strike,  mighty  grace,  my  flinty  soul, 

Till  melting,  waters  flow, 
And  deep  repentance  drown  mine  eyes 
In  undissembled  woe. 

Hymn  62.    p.m. 

I.  T  TAIN,  delusive  world,  adieu, 
V     With  all  of  creature-good, 
Only  Jesus  I  pursue, 

Who  bought  me  with  his  blood  I 


46  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

All  thy  pleasures  I  forego, 

I  trample  on  thy  wealth  and  pride ; 

Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 
And  Jesus  crucify'd. 

2.  Other  knowledge  I  disdain, 

'Tis  all  but  vanity : 
Christ,  the  Lamb  of  God,  was  slain, 

He  tasted  death  for  me ! 
Me  to  save  from  endless  woe, 

Th'  sin  atoning  victim  dy'd! 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucify'd. 

3.  Here  will  I  set  up  my  rest, 

My  fluctuating  heart 
From  the  haven  of  his  breast 

Shall  never  more  depart : 
Whither  should  a  sinner  go  ? 

His  wounds  for  me  stand  open  wide ! 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know,  v 

And  Jesus  crucify'd. 

4.  Him  to  know  is  life  and  peace, 

And  pleasure  without  end  ; 
This  is  all  my  happiness 

On  Jesus  to  depend  ; 
Daily  in  his  grace  to  grow, 

And  ever  in  his  faith  abide. 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucify'd. 

5 .  O  that  I  could  all  invite, 

This  saving  truth  to  prove  : 
Shew  the  length,  the  breadth,  the  height, 

And  depth  of  Jesu's  love  ! 
Fain  I  would  to  sinners  show 

The  blood  by  faith  alone  apply'd. 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucify'd. 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST.  47 

Hymn  63.     l.  m. 

It  is  finished^  John  xxix.  30. 

1.  'r  I  *  IS  finish9  d — so  the  Saviour  cried, 

X     And  meekly  bow'd  his  head  and  died  : 
'Us  finish9  d — yes,  the  i\xe  is  run, 
The  battle  fought,  the  victory  won. 

2.  9Tis  finish9  d — all  that  heav'n  decreed, 
And  all  the  ancient  prophets  stud, 

Is  now  fuifii'd,  as  was  design'd, 
In  thee,  the  Saviour  of  mankind, 
o.  9Tis  finish' 'd — Aaron  now  no  more 
Must  stain  his  robes  with  purple  gore: 
The  sacred  veil  is  rent  in  twain, 
And  Jewish  rites  no  more  remain. 

4. 9Tis  finished — this  thy  dying  groan, 

Shall  sins  of  every  kind  atone  : 

Millions  shall  be  redeem'd  from  death, 

By  this  thy  last  expiring  breath. 
5.  9  Tis  finish9  d—\\z?L\9n  is  reconcil'd, 

And  all  the  powers  of  darkness  spoil'd: 

Peace,  love,  and  happiness  again 

Return  and  dwell  with  sinful  men. 

%.  9Tisfi?iish9d — let  the  joyful  sound 

Be  heard  through  all  the  nations  round : 

■  Tis  finish9  d— .let  the  echo  fly 

Thro'  heaven  and  hell,  thro\earth  and  sky. 

H)rmn  64.   l.  m. 

Redemption  by  Christ  alone.    I.  Peter  I,  18.  19. 
1.  TT*  NSLAV'D  by  sin,  and  bound  in  chains, 
Xli  Beneath  its  dreadful  tyrant  sway, 
And  doom'd  to  everlasting  pains, 
We  wretched  guilty  captives  lay. 

*2.  Nor  gold  nor  gems  could  buy  pur  peace  ; 
Nor  the  whole  world's  collected  stoi? 


*3  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

Suffice  to  purchase  our  release  ; 

A  thousand  worlds  were  all  to  poor* 

3.  Jesus  the  Lord,  the  migHty  God  ! 

An  all-sufficient  ransom  paid  : 
InvaluM  price  !  his  precious  blood 
For  vile  rebellious  traitors  shed. 

4.  Jesus  the  sacrifice  became, 

To  rescue  guilty  souls  from  hell; 
The  spotless,  bleeding,  dying  Lamb.. 
Beneath  avenging  justice  fell. 

5.  Amazing  goodness!  love  divine! 

O  may  our  grateful  hearts  adore 
The  matchless  grace — nor  yield  to  sin. 
Nor  wear  its  cruel  fetters  more! 


Hymn  65.    c.  m. 

Redemption  by  Price  and  Parser. 

JESUS,  with  all  thy  saints  above, 
My  tongue  would  bear  her  part, 
Would  sound  aloud  thy  saving  love, 
And  sing  thy  bleeding  heart. 

,  Blcss'd  be  the  Lamb,  my  dearest  Lord, 

Who  bought  me  with  his  blood, 
And  quench'd  his  Father's  flaming  Sword 
In  his  own  vital  flood. 

,  The  Lamb  that  freed  my  captive  soul 

From  Satan's  heavy  chains, 
And  sent  the  Lion  down  to  howl 
Where  hell  and  horror  reigns. 

,  All  glory  to  the  dying  Lamb, 
And  never-ceasing  praise, 
Whiie  angels  live  to  know  his  name? 
Or  saints  to  feci  his  grace. 


THE  PASSION*  OF  CHRIST.  49 

Hymn  66. 

1.  /~i  HRIST,  thy  holy  wounds  and  passion 
O  Bloody  sweat,  cross,  death  and  tomb, 

fie  my  daily  meditation 

Here,  as  long  I  live  from  home  : 
When  thou  seest  a  sinful  thought 
Rise  within,  to  make  me  nought ; 

Shew  me  that  my  own  pollution 

Caus'd  thy  bloody  execution. 

2.  Should  my  nature's  inclination 
Hanker  after  lustful  sin, 

Let  the  thoughts  of  thine  oblation 
Quench  that  spreading  hell  within. 

Nay,  will  satan  force  his  way 

To  my  heart,  Lord  !  grant  I  may 
With  thy  cross,  and -crown  of  briar 
Chase  from  hence  that  grand  destroyer. 

S.  Will  the  world  with  her  temptation 

Draw  me  to  her  cursed  road, 
Let  this  be  my  contemplation, 
That  thou'st  borne  my  sinful  load. 
Should  the  sweat  and  precious  blood 
Of  my  dear  expiring  God 

Not  produce  a  deep  compassion 

To  a  thorough  resignation  ? 

4.  Lord,  in  any  sore  oppression, 
Let  thy  wounds  be  my  relief, 

When  I  seek  thine  intercession,  * 

Add  new  strength  to  my  belief. 
*Tu  thy  bloody  hands  and  feet, 
Where  my  greatest  comforts  meet. 

This  imprinted  demonstration 

Of  thy  love  be  my  salvation. 

5.  All  my  hope  and  consolation 
Christ  is  in  thy  bitter  c!e 

F 


So  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

In  the  hour  of  expiration, 

Lord,  receive  my  dying  breath. 

By  thine  agony  and  sweat, 

Grant  me,  Lord,  a.  safe  retreat. 
By  thy  glorious  resurrection, 
Raise  me  to  thy  blest  perfection. 

6.  Christ,  thy  holy  wounds  and  passion^ 
Bloody  sweat,  cross,  death,  and  tomb3 

Be  my  daily  meditation, 

Whilst  I'm  living  from  my  home. 

'Specially  when  I  go  henGe, 

Let  this  be  my  confidence,. 
That  thy  deep  humiliation 
Was  to  purchase  my  salvation. 

Hymn  67. 

1.  /^V  Lamb  of  God,  our  Saviour  ! 
V^/  Kill'd  on  the  tree  of  sorrow  I 

Thy  meek  and  low  behaviour 

Paid  what  thou  didstnot  borrow. 
Thou  bor'st  our  sin  and  malice, 
Took'st  up  the  wrathful  chalice. 
Have  mercy  upon  us,  O  Jcsu  !  Jesu  ! 

2.  O  Lamb,  of  God,  our  Saviour,  &c. 
Have  mercy  upon  us,  Sec. 

3.  O  Lamb  of  God,  our  Saviour,  8cc. 

O  Grant  us  thy  peace,  G  J?ra  !  O  Jesu  / 

Hy  raa  68. 

I.  /~\  Boundless  grief, 

\J   Beyond  relief  i 
Where  are  my -passions,  hurried  ? 

God  the  Father's  darling  Son. 
For  my  sins  is  buried. 


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2.  O  greatest  dread  ! 
God-Man  is  dead. 

O  See  where  he  expired, 
And  for  sinners  doom'd  to  death, 
Endless  life  acquired, 

3.  O  make  a  pause, 
And  search  the  cause 

Of  this  unheard  of  murther ! 

Sinner !  thine  apostacy, 
Could  advance  no  farther. 

4.  The  Lamb  of  God 
Hath  shed  his  blood 

For  my,  and  thy  salvation, 

Thus  to  rescue  sinful  men 
From  deserv'd  damnation. 

5.  O  glorious  Head; 
Wast  thou  e'er  made 

Thus  to  be  torn  and  wounded  ? 

At  whose  sight  the  guilty  world 
Ought  to  be  confounded. 

6.  O  lovely  face ! 
Thou  source  of  grace, 

And  author  of  all  beauty ! 

Who  can  see  thee,  and  not  melt 
Into  tears  of  duty  ? 

7.  How  blest  he  is, 
Who  weigheth  this 

With  christian  application. 

That  the  Lord  of  life  and  light 
Dies  for  our  salvation. 

8.  O  Jesu!   blest 
My  hope  and  rest, 

Grant  me  this  heavenly  favour, 

That  thy  blood,  cross,  death  and  tomb 
Prove  my  diyng  savour. 


62  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST 

Hymn  69. 

1 .    \     Lamb  goes  forth  and  bears  the  guilt 

.IJL  Of  Adam's  Generations : 
With  patience  yields  his  bloocl  he  spilt^ 

For  all  mankind's  trangressions ; 
Appears  in  our  infirmity, 
Hangs  panting  on  the  cursed  tree3 

Depriv'd  of  consolation. 
Bears  ail  the  scorn  hell  could  invent, 
Submits  to  death,  most  innocent, 

With  willing  resignation. 
2. This  Lamb  is  Christ,  the  greatest  friend, 

And  Saviour  of  our  spirits, 
Whom  God  the  Father  chose  to  study 

To  serve  us  by  his  merits. 
My  Son !  said  he,  go  down  and  bail 
The  children  which  are  doom'd  to  he!* 

Without  thine  intercession. 
The  sentence  is  without  reprieve, 
Thou  canst  and  shalt  be  their  relief, 

By  thy  own  blood's  oblation. 

3.  Yea,  Father,  said  th*  obedient  Son, 
Command  and  I  will  suffer. 

My  will  at  thy  decree  shall  run, 

To  execute  thine  offer. 
O  love  what  pow'r  dost  thou  comprise ! 
Thou  canst,  what  man  can  ne'er  devise, 

Force  God  the  Lord  of  wonder 
To  part  with  his  beloved  Son, 
To  suffer  for  a  world  undone, 

Whose  awe  splits  rocks  asunder. 

4.  Thou  nail'st  him  to  the  cross  with  shame 
O'erload'st  his  soul  with  sorrow ; 

Dost  sacrifice  him  like  a  lamb, 

And  melt'st  his  heart  and  marrow. 
The  heart  in  groans  sighs  out  its  pow'r, 
The  veins  pour  out  the  purple  gore, 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST.  53 

To  the  last  drops  descension. 

0  sweetest  Lamb,  my  humble  clay 
Shall  love  and  sing  its  life  away, 

In  praise  of  thy  redemption. 

5.  All  my  life  long  I'll  cling  to  thee 
With  all  my  mind  and  senses. 

Thee  I'll  embrace,  as  thou  dost  me 

Without  the  least  suspences. 
Thou  art  my  soul's  besjt  life  and  light. 
Nay,  when  my  heart  is  breaking  quite, 

Thine  shall  be  my  receiver. 

1  will  subscribe  myself  to  thee 
As  thy  peculiar  property, 

To  be  thy  own  forever. 

6.  By  night  and  day  my  heart  shall  sing, 

Of  thy  transporting  sweetness. 
My  body,  soul,  and  mind  shall  bring 

An  off'ring  to  thy  meekness. 
My  spring  of  life  shall  overflow 
With  grateful  purlings  from  below, 

T'  increase  thy  name's  sweet  savor; 
And  what  thy  love  vouchsafes  to  me, 
Shall  in  my  mind  and  memory 
Be  deep  imprest  forever. 

7.  Enlarge  thyself,  O  heart  of  mine, 
Thou  shalt  store  up  a  treasure 

Exceeding  th'  equinoctial  line., 

Nay,  heav'n  and  earth  in  measure. 
Away  with  all  th'  Arabian  gold, 
And  all  that  is  of  precious  mould, 

I've  found  what  is  far  better; 
The  holy  treasure  which  I  mean, 
Is  Christ  !  thy  blood  which  ran  so  clean 

From  thy  own  wounds :  what's  greater  ? 

8.  This  blood  I  shall  improve  from  hence? 
In  all  my  time  and  station  ; 

r  2 


S4  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

In  fight  it  shall  be  my  defence* 

In  tears  my  exultation  ; 
In  joy  my  well  tun'd  instrument, 
And  when  my  relish  quite  is  spent, 

This  manna  shall  support  me. 
In  drought  this  spring  shall  be  my  taste, 
Its  converse,  when  alone,  shall  last 

At  home,  or  on  a  journey. 

9 .  What  harm  can  I  from  death  sustain, 
Thy  blood's  my  life  unfading  ; 

In  melting  heat  and  scorching  pain,. 

It  will  afford  sweet  shading. 
When  gloomy  thoughts  surround  my  breast, , 
This  blood  of  thine  gives  ease  and  rest, 

On  which  I  lean  and  conquer. 
Let  swelling  surges  raise  th'  alarm, 
And  toss  my  ship  about  in  storm* 

Then  thou  art  still  mine  anchor. 

10.  At  last  when  I  with  joy  shall  see 
Thy  glorious  kingdom  clearing, 

This  blood  shall  then  my  purple  be* 

Which  I  desire  t'  appear  in. 
My  head  shall  wear  it  as  a  crown, 
In  which  I'll  come  before  the  throne? 

Of  thine  eternal  Father  : 
And  stand  on  thine  exalted  side 
As  thy  best  dress' d-  and  chosen  bride. 

To  live  and  reign  together. 


Hymn  70. 

1.  TJ  OUSE  thyself,  my  soul,  and  dwell 
XV  On  the  love  of  thy  redeemer,. 

Who  bus  rescued  thee  from  hell, 
And  the  chains  of  the  blasphemer. 

Think  on  his  profound  oblation, 
And  rejoice  in  thy  salvation 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST.  53 

•2.  Lo  !  tii'  eternal  Son  of  God 

Feels  for  thee  what  thou  shouldst  suffer* 
His  whole  body  swims  m  blood*, 

Bears  the  scorn  of  every  scoffer. 
He  for  thee  was  bruis'd  and  wounded, 
Greater  love  was  no  where  grounded, 

3.  Thou  deser\'dst  the  hottest  place 
'Midst  the  lowest  hell  of  devils, 

Ne'er  to  sec  the  God  of  grace, 
For  thy  many  wilful  revels: 
But  the  captain  of  salvation 
Pluck' d  thee  from  deserv'd  damnation 

4.  By  his  sufferings  he  has  quell' d 
God's  eternal  wrath  and  vengeance ; 

All  the  law  he  has  fulfiTd, 

Canceled  its  most  dreadful  sentence. 
Conquer' d  death,  sin,  and  the  devilr 
And  secui'd  thy  life  from  evil. 

5 .  Now  my  soul !  what  hacist  thou  best 
To  return  thy  God  and  Saviour  ? 

His  vast  sufferings  are  no  jest, 

His  great  love  no  shame-behaviour, 
Think  on  thy  deep  obligation, 
T' Wards  the  author  of  salvation. 

6.  Never  can  the  best  of  deeds 
Make  the  least  return  in  nafcuire . 

His  great  merit  far  exceeds 

All  efforts  of  every  creature. 
Shameful  are  my  love's  pretences, 
And  more  henious  mine  offences, 

7.  What's  committed  shall  from  hence 
Never  be  from,  me  repeated ; 

Nov  I  solemnly  commence 

T'  have  my  life  new  consecrate*!. 
Christ,  thy  love  shall  be  the  measure 
Of  my  honoui»>  gain  atui  pleasure. 


*6  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

8.  Sins,  ye  satan's  brood  get  hence, 
You  shan't  live  within  my  borders. 

You'd  deprive  me  of  my  sense, 

And  my  Saviour's  saving  orders  .v 
Without  whom  there's  no  solation, 
No  remission,  no  salvation. 

9.  Thou  my  Saviour  shalt  alone. 

Be  my  Sovereign,  Lord,  and  Leader. 
I  subscribe  myself  thy  own. 

Thou  shalt  be  my  food  and  feeder. 
All  my  life  shall  speak  thy  praises, 
Till  I  learn  angelic  phrases. 

10.  Thee,  my  Lord!  I'll  have  in  view, 

In  my  thoughts,  my  words,  and  actions, 
Every  mercy  shall  renew 

All  my  vows  without  distractions. 
What  thou  lov'st,  I  will  be  loving, 
What  thou  hat' st  I'll  be  removing. 

1 1 .  What  thou  wilt,  shall  be  my  will, 

My  life's  mirror  thine  example* 
When  thou  scourgest,  I'll  be  still. 

Do  but  make  my  heart  thy  temple  : 
Where  the  earnest  of  thy  spirit 
Seals  the  blessing  of  thy  merit. 

12.  Jesu !  now  I  firmly  stand 

To  this  solemn  resolution, 
Straight  to  follow  thy  command, 

'Gainst  the  tempting  world's  intrusion, 
Thy  sure  presence  shall  solace  me, 
I  will  never  cease  t'  embrace  thee. 

13.  Dost  thou*  Lord,  vouchsafe  us  here 

Such  foretast's  of  heav'nly  pleasure, 
When  by  faith  we  dare  draw  near 

Jesu  !  to  thy  living  treasure; 
Da  we  taste  so  much  in  weakness, 
What  will  shew  thy  future  greatness? 


THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST.  5-1 

14.  Whatextatic  scenes  of  life, 

What  triumphing  joy  of  glory  ? 
What  transportings  after  strife/ 

When  that's  past,  what's  transitory ? 
Lord !  I  shall  forever  praise  thee, 
When  immortal  thou  shalt  raise  me. 

15.  Every  moment  I  rejoice 

At  this  promis'd  expectation, 
Praising  thee  with  heart  and  voice 

Jesu !  for  thy  free  donation. 
Lord !  increase  my  faith's  dependance, 
On  thy  grace  and  its  attendants* 

s  Hymn  71. 

1 .  /^V  Head  so  fall  of  bruises, 
\^>/  So  full  of  pain  and  scorn, 
'Midst  other  sore  abuses 

Mock'd  with  a  crown  of  thorn ! 
O  head  ere  now  surrouaded 

With  brightest  majesty, 
In  death  now  bow'd  and  wounded  1 

Saluted  be  by  me. 

2.  Thoa  countenance  transcendent, 

Thou  life -creating  Sun 
To  worlds  on  thee  dependent ;  - 

Now  bruis'd  and  spit  upon ! 
How  art  thou  grown  so  sallow  ? 

How  are  those  gracious  eyes, 
Whose  radiance  knew  no  fellow, 

Clouded  in  cruel  wise  ? 

3.  Thy  cheeks,  through  heavy  dolor. 

Arc  marred,  fall'n,  and  wan : 
Thy  lips  depriv'd  of  color, 

Spoke  heav'nly  truth  to  man : 
Thy  body,  ah  !  how  wasted ! 

Death's  horrors  did  reduce; 


53  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIsf, 

Thy  strength,  and  quite  exhausted 
Each  drop  of  vital  juice. 

4.  O  Lord,  what  thee  tormented, 

Was  my  sins'  heavy  load ! 
I  had  the  debt  augmented, 

Which  thou  didst  pay  in  blood. 
Here  am  I  blushing  sinner, 

On  whom  wrath  ought  to  light : 

0  thou  my  health's  beginner! 
Let  thy  grace  cheer  my  sight. 

5.  Own  me,  Lord,  my  preserver, 

My  shepherd,  me  receive  ; 

1  know  thy  love's  strong  fervor 

By  all  thy  pain  and  grief. 
Thou  richly  hast  supplied 

My  soul  with  heav'nly  food3 
For  which  I've  often  sighed, 

Thy  holy  flesh  and  blood. 

6.  O  what  a  consolation 

Doth  in  my  heart  take  place, 
When  I  thy  toil  and  passion 

Can  in  some  measure  trace  ; 
Ah  !  should  I,  whilst  thus  eyeing 

My  dear  redeemer's  cross, 
Lose  all,  and  then  be  dying, 

Great  gain  would  be  that  loss. 

7. 1  give  thee  thanks  unfeigned, 

O  Jesus,  friend  in  need ! 
For  what  thy  soul  sustained 

When  thou  for  me  didst  bleed. 
Grant  me  to  lean  unshaken 

Upon  thy  faithfulness, 
Until  from  hence  I'm  taken 

To  see  thee  face  to  face. 


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Hymn  72. 

J.  /^  World,  see  thy  Creator 
V>/  Extended,  like  a  traitor, 

Upon  the  cursed  tree  ! 
Behold  him,  whilst  expiring, 
And  for  mankind  acquiring 

Their  life  and  grace  and  liberty, 

2.  Who  hath  thee  thus  abused, 
Dear  Lord,  and  so  much  bruised 

Thy  most  majestic  face? 
Thou  art  no  sin's  transactor, 
Thou  art  no  malefactor, 

Like  others  of  the  human  race, 

3.  I,  I,  and  my  transgressions, 
Which  by  my  own  confessions, 

Exceed  the  sea-shore  sands ; 
These,  these  have  been  the  reason    ' 
Of  thy  whole  bitter  season, 

Of  all  thy  bruises,  stripes  and  bands. 

4.  As  surety  thou  presentest 
Thyself,  to  tlie  consentest 

For  me  in  debt  all  o'er ; 
A  crown  of  thorns  thou  wearest, 
All  scorn  and  pain  thou  bear  est, 

With  patience,  never  known  before. 

5.  Into  death's  jaws  thus  leaping. 
Provid'stibr  my  escaping, 

That  I  its  sting  mayn't  prove. 
My  curse  aiKlrconde;rniiation 
Thou  bear'st  for  my  salvation  : 

O  most.un-heard  of  flame  of  love  '. 

r 

6.  The  highest, obligations 

Bind  me  through  all  life's  stations, 
T*  express  my  thanks  to  tfrce.    . 

Weak  as  I  am  and  .feeble/ 

As  far  as  I  am  able, 

I'll  yield  thee  service  willingly. 


63  THE  PASSION  OF  CHRIST. 

7.  Whilst  here  on  earth  I'm  living* 
I  have  nought  worth  the  giving 

To  thee,  for  all  thy  pain  -9 
Yet  shall  thy  passion  ever, 
Till  soul  and  body  sever, 

Deep  in  my  heart  engrav'd  remain, 

6.  Its  fresh  representation 
Shall  raise  my  admiration, 

Where'er  I  turn  or  move. 
I'll  take  it  for  a  mirror 
Of  innocence,  for  terror 
To  guilt,  but  seal  of  truth  and  love, 

<).  How  greatly  man  incenses 
The  Lord  by  his  offences  ! 

God's  holiness  how  stern ; 
How  rig'rous  he  chastises, 
When  he  with  wrath  baptizes ; 

This  will  I  by  thy  sufferings  learn, 

10.  From  thence  I'll  be  taught  truly, 
How  to  be  pure  and  holy, 

Resign'd,  compos'd  and  still ; 
How  patiently  to  suffer, 
When  any  to  me  offer 

Rude  acts  of  malice  and  ill  will. 

10.  I'll  be  my  flesh  denying, 
And  gladly  crucifying, 

With  Christ,  each  sinful  lust. 
What  in  thy  sight  is  odious 
I'll  leave  howe'er  commodious, 

By  help  and  strength  which  thou  bestow'st, 

10.  Thy  sighs  and  groans  unnumher'd, 
And  from  thy  heart  encumber'd, 

The  countless  tears  forth  prcst ; 
These  shall,  at  my  dismission, 
To  final  rest's  fruition 

Convey  mc  to  thy  arras  and  breast. 


THE  RESURRECTION  OF  CHRIST.    *l 

4.  THE  RESURECTION  OF  CHRIST. 
Hymn  73.   p.  m. 

The  resurrection  of  Christy  Luke  xxvi.  3i, 
\.  "XTES  the  Redeemer  rose  ; 
X    The  Saviour  left  the  dead  ; 
And  o'er  our  hellish  foes 
High  rais'd  his  conq'rmg  head  ; 
In  wild  dismay 
The  guards  around 
Fall  to  the  ground, 
And  sink  away. 

2.  Lo!  the  angelic  bands 
In  full  assembly  meet. 

To  wait  his  high  commands. 
And  worship  at  his  feet : 

Joyful  they  come, 

And  wing  their  way 

From  realms  of  day 

To  Jesus'  tomb. 

3.  Then  back  to  heav'n  they  flf. 
The  joyful  news  to  bear. 
Hark  !  as  they  soar  on  high, 
What  music  fills  the  air! 

Their  anthems  say, 
"  Jesus  who  bled 
"  Hath  left  the  dead  ; 
"  He  rose  to-day." 

4.  Ye  mortals  catch  the  sound, 
Redeem'd  by  him  from  hell ; 
And  send  the  echo  round 

The  globe,  on  which  you  dwell; 
Transported  cry  : 
u  Jesus  who  bled 
M  H.ith  left  the  dead, 
"  No  n\ore  to  die." 
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62  THE    RESURRECTION 

5.  All  hail,  triumphant  Lord, 
Who  sav'st  us  with  thy  blood  \ 
Wide  be  thy  name  ador'd, 
Thou  rising,  reigning  God ! 

With  thee  we  rise, 

With  thee  we  reign, 

And  empires  gain 

Beyond  the  skies. 

Hymn  74.  cm. 

1.  HT'HE  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise, 

JL    In  concert  with  the  blest, 
Who  joyful  in  harmonious  lays, 
Employ  an  endless  rest. 

2.  Thus  Lord,  while  we  remember  theer, 

We  blest  and  pious  grow ; 
By  hymns  of  praise  we  learn  to  be 
Triumphant  here  below. 

3.  On  this  glad  day  a  brighter  scene 

Of  glory  was  display 'd 
By  God,  th5  eternal  Word,  than  when 
This  universe  wras  made. 

4.  He  rises,  who  mankind  hath  bought 

With  grief  and  pain  extreme ; 
'Twas  great  to  speak  the  world  from  nought, 
'Twas  greater  to  redeem. 

Hymn  75.    c.  m. 

l.TJLESS'D  morning, whose  young  dawning  rays 
JO  Beheld  our  rising  God  ; 
That  saw  him  triumph  o'er  the  dust, 
And  leave  his  last  abode . 

2.  In  the  cold  prison  of  a  tomb 
Tiie  dead  Redeemer  lay, 
Till  the  revolving  Skies  had  brought 
The  thirds  th1  appointed  day. 


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3.  Hell  and  the  gra^e  unite 

To  hold  our  God  in  vain  ; 
The  sleeping  conqueror  arose, 
And  burst  their  feeble  chain. 

4.  To  thy   great  name,  Almighty  Lord, 

These  sacred  hours  we  pay, 
And  loud  hosannas  shall  proclaim 
The  triumph  of  the  day. 


Hymn  76.   l.  m. 

1.  "^TOW  for  a  tune  of  lofty  praise 
XN    To  great  Jehovah's  equal  son ; 
Awake,  my  voice,  in  heav'nly  lays 

Tell  the  loud  wonders  he  hath  done. 

2.  Sing,  how  he  left  the  worlds  of  light, 

And  the  bright  robes  he  wore  above  ; 
How  swift  and  joyful  was  his  flight, 
On  wings  of  everlasting  love, 

3.  Deep  in  the  shades  of  gloomy  death 

Tn*  almighty  captive  prisoner  lay  ; 
The  almighty  captive  left  the  earth, 
And  rose  to  everlasting  day. 

4.  Lift  up  your  eyes,  ye  sons  of  light, 

Up  to  his  throne  of  shining  grace  ; 
See  what  immortal  glories  sit 

Round  the  sweet  beauties  of  his  (lice. 

5.  Amongst  a  thousand  harps  and  songs, 

Jesus,  the  God,  exalted  reigns  ; 
His  sacred  name  fills  all  their  tongues, 
And  echoes  thro'  &h£  hea\'nly  plains! 


T 


Hymn  77.    i.  u. 

HE  third  auspicious  morn  is  come, 
And  calls  your  Saviour  from  the  tomb, 


H  THE  RESURRECTION 

The  bands  of  death  are  torn  away, 
The  yawning  tomb  gives  back  its  prey* 
2j  Could  neither  seal  nor  stone  secure, 
Nor  men,  nor  devils  make  it  sure  ? 
The  seal  is  broke,  the  stone  ca.st  by, 
And  all  the  powers  of  darkness  fly. 

3.  The  body  breaths,  and  lifts  its  head5 
The  keepers  sink,  and  fall  as  dead, 
The  dead  restored  to  life  appear, 
The  living  quake,  and  die  for  fear. 

-i.  The  Lord  of  life  is  risen  indeed, 
To  death  deliver'd  in  your  stead  ; 
His  rise  proclaims  your  sins  forgiven^ 
And  shews  the  living  way  to  heaven. 

3.  Haste  then,  ye  souls  that  first  believe, 
Who  dare  the  gospel  word  receive, 
Your  faith  with  joyful  hearts  confess 
Be  bold,  be  Jesus'"  witnesses. 

S.  Go  tell  the  followers  of  your  Lord, 
Their  Jesus  is  to  life  restor'd  ; 
He  lives,  that  they  his  life  may  find  > 
He  lives,  to  quicken  all  mankind. 

Hymn  78.   p.  m. 

THEE,  the  great  Prophet  sent  from  God 
Mighty  in  deed  and  word  we  own  ; 
Thou   hast  on  some  the  grace  bestow'd, 

Thy  rising  in  their  hearts  made  known  ; 
They  publish  thee,  to  life  restor'd, 
Attesting,  they  have  seen  the  Lord." 

k2.  Alas  for  us,  whose  eyes  are  held  ! 

Why  cannot  we  our  Saviour  sec  ! 
With  us  thou  art,  yet  still  conceal'd  ; 

O  might  we  hear  one  word  from  thee  -r 
Speak,  and  our  unbelief  remove, 
Our  fcaaeaess  to  mistrust  thy  love 


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.  Fools  as  we  arc,  and  slow  of  heart, 

So  backward  to  believe  the  word  ! 
The  prophet's  only  aim  thou  art  : 

They  sang  the  sufferings  of  their  Lord? 
Thy  life  for  ours  a  ransom  given, 
Thy  rising  to  insure  our  Heaven. 
,  Ought  not  our  Lord  the  death  to  die, 

And  then  the  glorious  life  to  live  I 
To  stoop,  and  then  go  up  on  high  ? 

The  pain,  and  then  the  joy  receive  ? 
His  blood  the  purchase  price  lay  down, 
Endure  the  cross,  and  claim  the  crown  ? 

.  Ought  not  the  members  all  to  pass 

The  way  their  head  had  pass'd  before  ? 
Thro'  sufferings  perfected  he  was, 

The  garment  dipt  in  blood  he  wore, 
That  we  with  him  might  die,  and  rise 
And  bear  his  nature  to  the  skies  ! 


Hymn  79.    p.  m. 

I'.  /^i  OME  then,  thou  Prophet  of  the  Lord, 
V^/  Thou  great  Interpreter  divine, 
Explain  thine  own  transmitted  word  ; 

To  teach,  and  to  inspire  is  thine. 
Thou  only  canst  thyself  reveal, 
Open  the  book,  and  loose  the  seal. 
2.  Whate'er  the  antient  prophets  spoke 

Concerning  thee,  O  Christ,  make  known. 
Sole  subject  of  the  sacred  Book, 

Thou  nllest  all,  and  thou  alone  ; 
Yet  there  our  Lord  we  cannot  see, 
Unless  thy  spirit  lends  the  key. 
s*  ow  Jesu,  now  the  veil  remove, 

The  folly  of  our  darken'd  heart, 
Unfold  the  wonders  of  thy  love, 
The  knowledge  of  thyself  impart : 
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66  THE  RESURRECTION 

Our  ear,  our  inmost  soul  we  bow  : 
Speak,  Lord,  thy  servants  hearken  now. 

4.  Not  as  tho'  thou  wouldst  farther  go, 

Our  friend  and  counsellor,  and  guide, 
But  stay,  the  path  of  life  to  shew, 

Still  with  our  souls  vouchsafe  t*  abide. 
Constraint  by  thy  own  mercy  stay, 
Nor  leave  us  at  our  close  of  day. 

5.  Come  in,  with  thy  disciples  sit, 

Nor  suffer  us  to  ask  in  vain. 
Nourish  us,  Lord,  with  living  meat, 

Our  souls  with  heavenly  bread  sustain  , 
Break  to  us  now  the  mystic  bread, 
And  bid  us  on  thy  body  feed. 

6.  Honour  the  means  ordain'd  by  thee, 

The  great  unbloody  sacrifice, 
The  deep  tremendous  mystery  , 

Thyself  in  our  enlighten'd  eyes 
Now  in  the  broken  bread  make  known,,. 
And  shew  us  thou  art  all  our  own. 


Hymn  80.   p.  m. 

1  TQREAK  forth  into  praise,  our  surety  and  head, 
JJHis  members  to  raise,  hath  rose  from  the  dead : 
The  pow'r  of  his  spirit  hath  quicken'd  our  Lord, 
That  we  by  his  merit  may  all  be  restorM. 

2.  Our  captain  and  king  with  shouts  we  proclaim, 
And  joyfully  sing  the  wonderful  name  ; 

The  name  all  victorious  we  publish  and  feel, 
Triumphantly  glorious  o'er  sin,  earth,  and  hell. 

3,  The  power  of  his  rise  we  know  and  declare* 
And  rapt  to  the  skies,  his  happiness  share  j 

In  heavenly  places,  with  Jesus  we  sit, 
And  Jcsus's  praises  with  angels  repeat. 


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4.  We  sing  of  his  love  while  sojourning  here, 
'Till  Christ  from  above  our  Saviour  appear  : 
The  heirs  of  salvation  with  triumph  receive, 
In  full  consummation  of  glory  to  live. 


5.  THE  ASCENSION  OF  CHRIST. 
Hymn  81.   p.  m. 

1.     A    LL  hail  the  true  Elijah^ 

X\.  The  Lord  our  God  and  Saviour  L 
Who  leaves  behind  for  all  mankind 
The  token  of  his  favour. 

2.  The  never  dying  prophet, 

A  while  to  mortals  given, 
This  solemn  day  is  wrapt  away 
By  flaming  steeds  to  heaven, 

3.  Come  see  the  rising  triumph, 
And  prostrate  fall  before  him  ; 

He  mounts,  he  flies  above  the  skies, 
Where  all  his  hosts  adore  him. 

4.  Borne  on  his  fiery  chariot, 
With  joyful  acclammation, 

Pursue  the  Lord  to  heaven  restor'd, 
Tne  God  of  our  salvation. 

5.  Who  see  their  Lord  at  parting, 

T'.ey  shall  on  earth  inherit 
A  double  power,  a  larger  shower 
Of  his  descending  spirit. 

6.  The  spirit  of  our  master 

Shull  rest  on  each  believer: 
And  surely  we  our  master  see, 

Who  lives  and  reigns  for  ever.. 

7.  Yes,  our  exalted  Jesus, 

By  faith  we  now  adore  thee, 


M  THE  ASCENSION- 

And  still  we  sit  before  thy  feet, 
And  triumph  in  thy  glory. 

8.  In  vain  the  flaming  chariot 
Hath  parted  us  asunder. 

We  still  through  grace  behold  thy  face. 
And  shout  our  loving  wonder. 


Hymn  82.   p.   u. 

t.  1     IFT  up  your  heads,  ye  gates, 

JL_J  T'  admit  your  king  again! 

Return'd  from  earth  he  waits 

With  half  his  angel  train : 

Wide  open  throw  the  heavenly  scene 

Receive  the  king  of  glory  in. 

2.  He  comes,  he  comes  from  far, 
The  strong  and  mighty  Lord* 
Mighty  and  strong  in  war, 
To  claim  his  just  reward : 

Wide  open  throw,  &c 

S;  The  Lord  of  Hosts  is  he, 
Th'  omnipotent  I  AM, 
Glorious  in  majesty, 
Jehovah  is  his  name: 

Wide  open  throw,  &c. 

4.  Jehovah,  Jesus,  Lord 

Of  earth  and  heaven  receive. 
Who  comes,  that  man  restor'd 
With  God  again  may  live : 
Wide  open  throw,  &c. 

5.  Forerunner  of  mankind 

For  us  he  reigns  on  high. 
Till  all  his  members  join'd 
Repeat  the  joyful  cry 
Wide  open  throw,  &c. 


OF  CHRIST.  If 

Hvmn  83.   p.  it. 

\.  T  TAIL,  Jesus,  hail,  our  great  High-Priest* 
XjL  Enter'd  into  thy  holy  rest, 

That  holy,  happy  place  above  ! 
Thou  hast  the  conquest  more  than  gahrd, 
The  everlasting  bliss  obtain'd 
For  all  who  trust  thy  dying  love. 

2.  That  we  the  promise  may  receive, 
Might  soon  with  thee  in  glory  live, 

Thou  steaid'st  before  thy  Father  now  > 
For  us  thou  dost  in  heav'n  appear, 
Our  surety,  head,  and  harbinger, 
Our  Saviour  to  the  utmost  thou. 

3.  Net  without  blood — thou  pray'st  above  t 
The  marks  of  thy  expiring  love 

God  on  thy  hands  engraven  sees  I 
He  hears  thy  blood  for  mercy  cry, 
And  sends  his  spirit  from  the  sky, 

And  seals  our  everlasting  peace. 

4.  Thankful  we  now  the  earnest  take% 
The  pledge  thou  wilt  at  last  come  back 

And  openly  thy  servants  own ; 
To  us,  who  long  to  see  thee  here, 
Thou  shalt  a  second  time  appear, 

And  bear  us  to  thy  glorious  throne. 

Hymn  84.    c.  m. 

Christ  ascending  and  reigning. 
i.  /^\H  for  a  shout  of  sacred  joy 
v^/  To  God  the  sovvreign  King ! 
Let  cv'ry  land  their  tongues  employ, 
And  hymns  of  triumph  sing. 
1.  Jesus  our  God  ascends  on  high ; 
His  heavenly  guards  around 
Attend  him  rising  thror  the  sky,. 
With  trumpet's  joyful  sound. 


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3.  While  angels  shout  and  praise  their  King, 

Let  mortals  learn  their  strains ; 
Let  all  the  earth  his  honours  sing  ; 
O'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. 

4.  Rehearse  his  praise   with  awe  profound. 

Let  knowledge  lead  the  song, 
Nor  mock  him  with  a  solemn  sound 
Upon  a  thoughtless  tongue. 


Hymn  85,  i.  u. 

Christ's  Ascension,  Psalm  xxiv,  7— 9. 

I.  /^\^R  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead, 
V^/  Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  high ; 
The  powers  of  hell  are  captive  led, 
Dragg'd  to  the  portals  of  the  sky. 

2.  There  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 

And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay: 
"  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heav'nly  gates  I 
"  Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way !" 

3.  Loose  all  yourbarrs  of  massy  light, 

Ar>d  wide  unfold  the  radiant  scene  ; 
He  claims  these  mansions  as  his  right : 
Receive  the  King  of  Glory  in. 

4.  "  Who  is  the  King  of  Glory,  who?" 

The  Lord  that  all  his  foes  o'ercame, 

The  world,  sin,  death  and  hell  o'erthrew ; 

And  Jesus  is  the  conqueror's  name. 

5.  Lo  !  Lis  triumphal  chariot  waits, 

AjkI  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay, 
"  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  hcav'nly  gate6 ! 
"  Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way  i" 

6.  "  Who  is  the  King  of  Glory,  who?" 

The  Lord  of  boundless  power  possest* 

The  King  of  saints  and  angels  too, 
God  over  all,  for  ever,  blest! 


OF  CHRIST.  7! 

Hymn  86.   l.  m. 

1.  T3  EJOICE  ye  shining  worlds  on  high, 
JLV    Behold  the  King  of  Glory  nigh ! 

Who  can  this  King  of  glory  be  ? 
The  mighty  Lord,  the  Saviour's  he. 

2.  Ye  heav'nly  gates,  your  leaves  display, 
To  make  the  Lord,  the  Saviour,  way : 
Laden  with  spoils  from  earth  and  hell, 
The  Conqu'ror  comes  with  God  to  dwell. 

3.  Rais'd  from  the  dead,  he  goes  before, 
He  opens  heav'n's  eternal  door, 

To  give  his  saints  a  blest  abode 
Near  their  Redeemer  and  their  God. 


6.  THE  GLORY  OF  CHRIST. 
Hymn  87.   cm. 

Rede  ?n fit  ion  by  Christ. 
l.TI  THEN  the  first  parents  of  our  race 
V  V    Rebell'd,  and  lost  their  God, 
And  the  infection  of  their  sin 
Had  tainted  all  our  blood  ; 

2.  Infinite  pity  touch'd  the  heart 

Of  the  eternal  Son, 
Descending  from  the  heav'nly  court, 
He  left  his  Father's  throne. 

3.  Aside  the  Prince  of  glory  threw 

His  most  divine  array, 
And  wrapt  his  Godhead  in  a  veil 
Of  our  inferior  clay. 

4.  His  living  pow'r  and  dying  love. 

Redeem'd  unhappy  men, 
And  rais'd  the  ruins  of  our  race 
To  life  and  God  again* 


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72  THE  GLORY  OF  CHRIST. 

3.  To  thee,  clear  Lord,  our  flesh  and  soul 
We  joyfully  resign  : 
Bless'd  Jesus,  take  us  for  thy  own, 
For  we  are  doubly  thine. 

€.  Thine  honour  shall  forever  be 
The  bu sines  of  our  days. 
For  ever  shall  our  thankful  tongues, 
Speak  thy  deserved  praise. 

Hymn  88.   p.  m. 

EJOICE,  the  Lord  is  King, 

Your  God  and  king  adore  ; 


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Mortals  give  thanks,  and  sing, 

And  triumph  evermore  ! 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice, 
Rejoice  aloud,  ye  saints,  rejoice. 

2.  Reioice,  th«  Saviour  reigns, 

The  God  of  truth  and  love  ; 
When  he  had  purg'd  our  stains, 

He  took  his  seat  above ; 
Lift  up,  &c. 

3.  His  kingdom  cannot  fail, 

He  rules  o'er  earth  and  heav'n ; 
The  keys  of  death  and  hell 

Are  to  our  Jesus  given : 
Lift  up,  See. 

4.  He  all  his  foes  shall  quell, 

Shall  all  our  sins  destroy, 
And  every  bosom  swell 

With  pure  seraphic  joy  ; 
Lift  up,  See. 

5.  Rejoice  in  glorious  hope, 

Jesus,  the  Judge,  shall  come, 
And  take  his  servants  up 

To  their  eternal  home  ; 
We  soon  shall  hearth*  Archangel^  voice, 
The  trump  of  (*od  £Jw*Jl  ^ound,  rejoice  ! 


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Hymn  89.  c.   m. 

■ji  new  song  to  the  Lamb  that   was  slain^  Rev.  v.  6,  83 
9,  10,  12. 

1.  T)  EIIOLD  the  glories  of  the  Lamb 
fj   Amicist  ills  father*?  throne! 

Prepare  new  honours  for  his  name, 
And  songs  beiore  unknown. 

2.  Let  elders  worship  at  his  feet, 

The  church  adore  around, 
With  vials  full  of  odours  sweet, 
And  harps  of  sweeter  sound. 

3.  These  are  the  prayers  of  the  saints, 

And  these  the  hymns  they  raise : 
Jesus  is  kind  to  our  complaints, 
He  loves  to  hear  our  praise. 

4.  Nov/  to  the  Lamb  that  once  was  slain, 

Be  endless  blessings  paid ; 
Salvation,  glory,  joy,  remain 
Forever  on  thy  head. 

5.  Tnou  hast  redeem'd  our  souls  with  blood, 

Hast  set  the  pris'ners  free, 
Hast  made  us  kings  and  priests  to  God, 
And  we  shall  reign  with  thee. 

6.  The  worlds  of  nature  and  of  grace 

Arc  put  beneath  thy  power ; 

Then  shorten  these  delaying  days, 

And  bring  the  promis'd  hour. 

Hymn  30.  cm. 

Christ  Jesus,  the  Lamb  of  God,  worshipped  by  all 
the  Creation,  Rev.  v.  11,  12,  \3. 

*  •  /^  OME,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs 
V_/    With  angels  round  the  throne. 
Ten  thousand  thousand  arc  their  tongues^ 
But  all  their  joys  are  one. 
if 


r*  THE  GLORY  OF  CHRIST. 

C.  "  Worthy  the  Lamb  that  died,"  they  rrjy 
K  To  be  exalted  thus:" 
"  Worthy  the  Lamb,"  our  lips  reply, 
For  he  was  slain  for  us. 

3.  Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 

Honour  and  povv'r  divine  ; 
And  blessings  more  than  we  can  give. 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4.  Let  all  that  dwell  above  the  sky, 

And  air,  and  earth,  and  seas, 
Conspire  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 
And  speak  thine  endless  praise. 

5.  The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 

To  bless  the  sacred  name 
Of  him  that  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 


Hymn  91.  cm. 

The  Glory  of . Christ  in  heaven. 
| .  ^\  The  delights,  the  hcav'nly  joys, 
V^   The  glories  of  the  place, 
Where  Jesus  sheds  the  brightest  beams 
Of  his  o'erflowing  grace ! 

2.  Sweet  majesty  and  awful  love 

Sit  smiling  on  his  brow, 
And  all  the  glorious  ranks  above 
At  humble  distance  bow. 

3.  Princes  to  his  imperial  name 

Bend  their  bright  sceptres  down  ; 
Dominions,  thrones,  and  pow'rs  rejoice 
To  sec  him  wear  the  crown. 

4.  Archangels  sound  his  lofty  praise 

Through  evVy  heavily  street, 
And  lay  their  highest  honours  down 
Submissive  at  his  feet. 


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5.  This  is  the  man,  th1  exalted  man, 

Whom  we5  unseen,  adore  ; 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  his  face, 
Our  hearts  shall  love  him  more. 

6.  And  while  our  faith  enjoys  this  sight) 

We  Ion?;  to  leave  oar  clay  ; 
And1  wish  thy  fiery  chariots,  Lord, 
To  bear  our  souls  away. 


Hymn  92.    cm. 

1.  A    LL  hail  the  pow'r  of  Jesus'  name, 
J\.  Let-angels  prostrate  fall  I 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 

And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

2.  Crown  him,  ye  martyrs  of  our  God, 

Who  from  the  altar  call, 
Extol  the  stem  of  Jesse's  rod, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  ail. 

3.  Ye  chosen  seed  of  Isr'el's  race, 

A  remnant  weak  and  small, 
Hail  him  who  saves  you  by  his  ^race^ 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

4.  Ye  Gentile  sinners,  ne'er  forget 

The  wo  rm wood  and  the  gall, 
Go  lay  your  trophies  at  his  fect^ 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

3.  Babes,  men,  and  sires,  who  know  his  Iove5 
Who  feel  your  sins  and  thrall, 
Now  join  with  all  the  host  above, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

6.  Let  cv'ry  kindred.  ev?ry  tribe, 
^  On  this  terrestrial  ball, 
To  him  all  majesty  ascribe. 
And  crown  him  Lord  o:  all. 


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7.  O  that  with  yonder  sacred  throng 
We  at  his  feet  may  fall. 
We'll,  join,  the  everlasting  song — 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

Hymn  93.   l.  m. 

1.  VTOW  let  us  raise  our  dheerful  strains, 
XN    And  join  the  blissful  choir  above  ; 
There  our  exulted  Saviour  reigns,' 

And  there  they  sing  his  womFrous  lover 

2.  While  seraphs  tune  immortal  song, 

O  may  we  feel  the  sacred  name  ; 
And  every  heart  and  every  tongue 
Adore  the  Saviour's  glorious  name. 

3.  Jesus,  who  once  upon  the  tree 

In  agonizing  pains  expir'd  ; 
Who  dy'd  for  rebels — .yes,  'tis  he  ! 

liow  bright !  how  lovely  !  how  admir'd  I 

4.  Jesus,  who  dy'd  that  we  might  live, 

Dy'd  in  the  wretched  traitor's  place  ; 
O  what  returns  can  mortals  give, 
For  such  immeasurable  grace  I 

5.  Were  universal  nature  ours, 

And  art  with  all  her  boasted  store  ; 
Nature  and  art  with  all  their  powers, 

Would  still  confess  the  off  'rcrpoor  1 
q.  Yet  tho'  for  bounty,  so  divine, 

We  ne'er  can  equal  honours  raise , 
Jesus,  may  all  our  hearts  be  thine, 

And>ll  our  tongues  proclaim  thy  praise. 

7.  THE  ADVOCACY  OF  CHRIST. 
Hymn  94,     l.  m. 

The  intercession  ofC/inst,  Heb.  vii.  25, 
E  lives,  the  great  Redeemer  lives, 
What  joy  the  blest  assurance  glYCai 


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And  now,  before  his  father  God, 
Pleads  the  full  merit  of  his  blood. 

2.  Repeated  crimes  awake  our  fears, 
And  justice  arm'dwith  frowns  appears; 
But  in  the  Saviour's  lovely  face 
Sweet  mercy  smiles,  and  all  is  peace. 

3.  Hence  then  ye  black,  despairing  thoughts, 
Above  our  fears,  above  our  faults, 

His  powerful  intercessions  rise 
And  guilt  recedes,  and  terror  dies. 

4.  In  every  dark,  distressful  hour, 
When  sin  and  Satan  join  their  power : 
Let  the  dear  hope  repel  the  dart, 
That  Jesus  bears  us  on  his  heart. 

5.  Great  Advocate,  Almighty  Friend — , 
On  him  our  humble  hopes  depend : 
Our  cause  can  never,  never  fail, 
For  Jesus  pleads,  and  must  prevail. 

Hymn  95.   c.  h. 

1.  "T  7t  7"ITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 

V  V     Of  our  High-Priest  above : 
His  heart  is  made  of  tenderness, 
His  bowels  melt  with  love. 

2.  Touch'd  with  a  sympathy  within, 

He  knows  our  feeble  frame  ; 
He  knows  what  sore  temptation's  mean, 
For  he  hath  felt  the  same. 

3.  He  in  the  days  of  feeble  flesh. 

Pour'd  out  strong  cries  and  tears ; 
And  in  his  measure  feels  afresh, 
What  ev'ry  member  bears. 

4.  He'll  never  quench  the  smoaking  flax, 

But  raise  it  to  a  flame ; 
The  bruised  reed  he  never  breaks, 
Nor  scorns  the  meanest  name. 
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73         THE  ADVOCACY  OF  CHRIST.' 

5.  Then  let  our  humble  faith  address 

His  mercy  and  his  pow'r; 

We  shall  obtain  delivering  grace 


In  the  distressing  hour. 


Hymn  96.    cm. 

1.  T  KNOW  that  my  Redeemer  lives. 
JL  And  ever  prays  for  me : 

A  token  of  his  love  he  givesj 
A  pledge  of  liberty. 

2.  Thy  love  I  soon  expect  to  find; . 

In  all  its  depth  and  height, 
To  comprehend  fli1  eternal  mind, 
And  grasp  the  Infinite. 

3.  When  God  is  mine,  and  I  am  his,. 

Of  paradise  possess'd, 
I  taste  unutterable  bliss, 
And  everlasting  rest- 
Hymn  97.    P.   M. 

1.  /^i  LORY  be  to  God  on  high, 
V_X  God  whose  glory  fills  the  sky : 

Peace  on  earth  to  man  forgiv'n, 
Man  the  well  belov'd  of  heav'n. 

2.  Sov'reign  Father,  Heav'nly  Kingy 
Thec  we  now  presume  to  sing ; 
Glad  thine  attributes  confess, 
Glorious  all  and  numberless. 

3.  Hail !  by  all  thy  works  ador'd; 
Hail !  thou  everlasting  Lord ; 
Thee  with  thankful  hearts  we  prove, 
Lord  of  pow'r  and  God  of  love ! 

4.  Christ,  our  Lord  and  God  we  own; 
Christ,  the  Father's  only  Son ; 
Lamb  of  God  for  sinners  slain, 
Saviour  of  offending  man. 


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5.  Bow  thine  ear,  in  mercy  bow, 
Hear,  the  world's  atonement  thou ; 
Jesus,  in  thy  name  we  pray, 
Take,  O  take  our  sins  away. 

6.  Pow'rful  Advocate  with  God, 
Justify  us  by  thy  blood ! 
Bow  thine  ear,  in  mercy  bow, 
Hear  the  world's  atonement  thou. 


Hymn  £8.   p.  u. 

1.  \   RISE,  my  souK  arise, 
.XjL    Shake  off  thy  guilty  fears, 
The  bleeding  Sacrifice 

In  my  behalf  appears. 
Before  the  throne  my  surety  stands  j 
My  name  is  written  on  his  hands. 

2.  He  ever  lives  above, 

For  me  to  intercede  ; 
His  all-redeeming  love, 

His  precious  blood  to  plead , 
His  blood  aton'd  for  all  our  race, 
And  sprinkles  now  the  throne  of  grace. 

3.  Five  bleeding  wounds  he  bears, 

Receiv'cl  on  Calvary : 
They  pour  effectual  pray'rs, 

They  strongly  speak  for  me : 
Forgive  him,  O  forgive,  they  cry, 
Nor  let  that  ransom'd  sinner  die. 

4.  The  Father  hears  him  pray, 

His  dear  anointed  One  ; 
He  cannot  turn  away 

T  e  presence  of  his  Son : 
His  spirit  answers  to  the  blood, 
And  tells  me,  I  am  born  of  Gwi 


to        THE  ADVOCACY  OF  CHRIST. 

5.  My  God  is  reconcil'd, 

His  pard'ning  voice  I  hear ; 
He  owns  me  for  his  child, 
I  can  no  longer  fear. 

With  confidence  I  now  draw  nlghf 

And  Father,  Abba  Father!  cry. 

Hymn  99.    p.  m. 

!.  TESUS,  my  great  High  Priest* 
J    Offer'd  his  blood  and  died  f 
My  guilty  conscience  seeks 
No  sacrifice  beside. 

His  powerful  blood 

Did  once  atone ; 

And  now  it  pleads 

Before  the  throne. 

2.  My  advocate  appears, 
For  my  defence  on  high  ; 
My  Father,  bows  his  eart 
And  lays  his  thunder  by* 

Not  all  that  hell 

Or  sin  can  say, 

Shall  turn  his  heart* 

And  love  away. 

Hymn  100.  l.  u. 

1.  T  X  THO  shall  the  Lord's  elect  condemn  ? 

V  V    'Tis  God  that  justifies  their  souls, 
And  mercy,  like  a  mighty  stream. 
O'er  all  their  sins  divinely  rolls. 

2.  Who  shall  adjudge  the  saints  to  hell  ? 

'Tis  Christ  that  suffer'd  in  their  stead  ; 
And  the  salvation  to  fulfil, 

Behold  him  rising  froirfthe  dead. 

3.  He  lives !  he  lives  !  and  sits  above, 

Forever  interceding  there  : 


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Who  shall  divide  us  from  his  love, 
Or  what  should  tempt  us  to  despair  I 

4.  Shall  persecution  or  distress, 
Famine,  or  sword,  or  nakedness  I 

He  that  hath  lov'd  us,  bears  us  through, 
And  makes  us  more  than  conqu'rors  too, 

5.  Faith  hath  an  overcoming  pow'r, 
It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour  ; 
Christ  is  our  life,  our  joy,  our  hope, 
Nov  can  we  sink  with  such  a  prop, 

§.  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  can  do, 
Nor  pow'rs  on  high,  nor  pow'rs  below, 
Shall  cause  his  mercy  to  remove, 
Or  wean  our  hearts  from  Christ  our  love. 


III.  INFLUENCES  OF  THE  SPIRIT  OF 
GOD. 

I.  WHITSUNDAY. 

Hymn  101.  p.  m. 

).  T7*  ATHER  of  everlasting  grace, 

J?    Thy  o:oodsess  and  thy  truth  we  praise, 

Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  we  prove  ; 
Thou  1  ast  in  honour  of  thy  son 
The  gift  unspeakable  sent  down, 

The  spir't  of  life,  and  power,  and  love  ; 

2.  Thou  hast  the  prophecy  fulfill'd, 
The  grand  orig'nal  compact  seal'd, 

For  which  thy  word  and  oath  were  join'd  ; 
The  promise  to  our  fallen  head, 
To  ev'ry  child  of  Adam  made, 

Is  now  pour'd  out  on  all  mankind. 

3.  The  purchas'd  comforter  is  given, 
For  Jesus  is  return'd  to  heaven, 

To  claim,  and  then  the  grace  impart  \ 


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Our  day  of  pentecost  is  come, 
And  God  vouchsafes  to  fix  his  home 
In  every  poor  expecting  heart. 

4.  Father,  on  thee  whoever  call, 
Confess  thy  promise  is  for  all, 

While  every  one  that  asks  receives, 
Receives  the  gift,  and  giver  too, 
And  witnesses  that  thou  art  true, 

And  in  thy  Spirit  walks,  and  lives. 

5.  Not  to  a  single  age  confiivd, 
For  every  soul  of  man  design'd, 

O  God,  we  now  that  spirit  claim  : 
To  us  the  Holy  GhGst  impart, 
Breathe  him  into  our  panting  heart, 

Thou  hear'st  us  ask  in  Jesu's  name. 

6.  Send  us  the  spirit  of  thy  son, 

To  make  the  depths  of  Godhead  known, 

To  make  us  share  the  life  divine  ; 
Send  him  the  sprinkled  blood  t'  apply, 
Send  him,  our  souls  to  sanctify, 
And  shew,  and  seal  us  ever  thine. 


Hymn  102.  p.  m. 

1 .  Q INNERS,  lift  up  your  hearts, 
£5  The  promise  to  receive  ! 
Jesus  himself  imparts, 

He  comes  in  man  to  live. 
The  Holy  Ghost  to  man  is  given  ; 
(Rejoice  in  God!)  sent  down  from  Heaver* 

2.  Jesus  is  glorify 'd, 

And  gives  the  comforter, 
His  spirit,  to* reside 

In  all  his  members  here  : 
Thclioiy  Ghost  &c, 


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3.  To  make  an  end  of  sin, 

And  Satan's  works-destroy? 
He  brings  his  kingdom  in, 
Peace,  righteousness  and  joy : 
The  Holy  Ghost,  fcc. 

4.  The  cleansing  blood  t'  apply, 

The  heavenly  life  display* 
And  wholly  sanctify, 
And  seal  us  to  that  day. 
The  Holy  Ghost,  &c. 

5.  Sent  down  to  make  us  meet 

To  see  his  glorious  face, 
And  grant  us  each  a  scat 
In  that  thrice  happy  place. 
The  Holy  Ghost,  &c. 


Hymn  103.  cm. 

Breathing  after  the  holy  S/iirit+ 

i.  /"^  OM.EJ  holy  Spirit,  heav'nly  dove, 
V^y  With  all  thy  quick'ning  pow'rs, 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 

3.  Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 
Fond  of  these  trifling  toys  : 
Our  souls  can  neither  fly,  nor  go, 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 

3.  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs, 

In  vain  we  strive  to  rise, 
Ilommms  languish  on  our  tongues, 
And  our  devotion  (lies. 

4.  Dear  Lord!  and  shall  we  ever  live 

At  this  poor,  dying  rate  ? 
Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee, 
And  thine  to  us  so  great  ? 


*4  WHITSUNDAY. 

5.  Come)  holy  Spirit,  heav'nly  dove, 
With  all  thy  quickening  pow'rs, 
Come  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 

Hymn  104.  l.  m. 

L  T  ESUS,  we  on  thy  word  depend 
J    Spoken  by  thee  while  present  here, 
The  Father  in  thy  name  shall  send 
The  Holy  Ghost,  the  Comforter. 

2.  That  promise  made  to  Adairfs  race, 

Now,  Lord,  in  us,  ev*n  us  fulfil, 
And  give  the  Spirit  of  thy  grace, 
To  teach  us  all  thy  perfect  will, 

3.  That  heavenly  teacher  of  mankind, 

That  guide  infallible  impart, 
To  bring  thy  sayings  to  our  mind, 

And  write  them  on  our  faithful  heart, 

4.  He  only  can  the  words  apply 

Thro'  which  we  endless  life  possess, 
And  deal  to  each  his  legacy, 
His  Lord's  unutterable  peace. 

5.  That  peace  of  God,  that  peace  of  thine 

O  may  he  now  to  us  bring  in, 
And  fill  our  souls  with  power  divine, 
And  make  an  end  of  fear  and  sin. 

6.  The  length  and  breadth  of  love  reveal, 

The  height  and  depth  of  Deity, 
And  all  the  sons  of  glory  seal, 

And  change,  and  make  us  all  like  thee  t 

Hymn  105.  l.  m. 

1.  /^t  OME,  gracious  Spirit,  heav'nly  Dove* 
V^/  With  light  and  comfort  from  above  : 
Be  thou  our  guardian,  tnou  our  guide, 
O'er  every  thought  and  step  preside. 


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t;.  Conduct  us  safe,  conduct  us  far 
From  every  sin  and  hurtful  snare  ; 
Lead  to  thy  word  that  rules  must  give. 
And  teach  us  lessons  how  to  live. 

S.  The  light  of  truth  to  us  display, 

And  make  us  know  and  choose  thy  way ; 

Plant  holy  fear  in  every  heart, 

That  we  from  God  may  ne'er  depart. 

4.  Lead  us  to  holiness,  the  road 

That  we  must  take  to  dwell  with  God; 
Lead  us  to  Christ,  the  living  way, 
IN  or  let  us  from  his  pastures  stray. 

5.  Lead  us  to  God,  our  final  rest 
In  his  enjoyment  to  be  bless'd ; 
Lead  us  to  heaven  the  seat  of  bliss. 
Where  pleasure  in  perfection  is. 

Hymn  106.  l.  m. 

The  operations  of  the  Holy  Spirit* 

5.  TH  TERNAL  Spirit!  we  confess, 

P  a  And  sing  the  wonders  of  thy  grace ; 
Thy  pow'r  conveys  our  blessings  down 
From  God  the  Father  and  the  Son. 

2.  Enlightened  by  thy  heav'nly  ray, 
Our  shades  and  darkness  turn  to  day  : 
Tnine  inward  teachings  make  us  know 
Our  danger,  and  our  refuge  too. 

3.  Thy  pow'r  and  glory  work  within* 
And  break  the  cuain  of  reigning  sin ; 
Our  wild  imperious  lusts  subdue, 
And  form  our  wretched  hearts  anew. 

4.  The  troubled  conscience  knows  thy  voice. 
Thy  cheering  words  awake  our  joys. 
Thy  words  allay  the  stormy  wind, 

And  calm  the  surges  of  the  mind. 

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Hymn  107.  c.  m. 

The  witnessing  and  sealing  Sfiint>   Rom.  via.  14,  16. 
Eph.  i.  13,  14. 

1.  TI7HY  should  the  children  of  a  King 

V  V    Go  mourning  all  their  days  ? 
Great  Comforter  descend,  and  bring 
Some  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

2.  Dost  thou  not  dwell  in  all  the  saints, 

And  seal  the  heirs  of  heav'n  ? 
When  wilt  thou  banish  my  complaints, 
And  show  my  sins  forgiv'n? 

3.  Assure  my  conscience  of  her  part 

In  the  Redeemer's  blood ; 
And  bear  thy  witness  with  my  heart, 
That  I  am  born  of  God. 

4.  Thou  art  the  earnest  of  his  love, 

The  pledge  of  joys  to  come  ; 
And  thy  soft  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Will  safe  convey  me  home. 

Hymn  108.  l.  m. 

Influence  of  the  Spirit. 

\ .    AS  showers  on  meadows  newly  mown, 
XV  Jesus  shall  send  his  blessings  down, 
Crown'd  with  whose  life  infusing  drops, 
Earth  shall  renew  her  blissful  crops. 

2.  Lands,  that  beneath  a  burning  sky 
Have  long  been  desolate  and  dry, 
Th'  effusions  of  his  love  shall  share, 
And  sudden  greens  i  nd  herbage  wear. 

3.  The  dews  and  rains  in  all  their  store, 
Drenching  the  pastures  o'er  and  o'er, 
Are  not  so  copious  as  t!  at  grace 
Which  sanctifies  and  saves  our  rate. 


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4.  As  in  soft  silence  vernal  showers 
Descend  and  cheer  the  fainting  flowers, 
So  in  the  secrecy  of  love 

Falls  the  sweet  influence  from  above. 

5.  That  heavenly  influence  let  mc  find 
In  holy  silence  of  the  mind, 

While  every  grace  maintains  its  bloom, 
Diffusing  wide  its  rich  perfume. 

6.  Nor  let  these  blessings  be  confin'd 
To  me,  but  pour'd  on  all  mankind, 
'Till  earth's  wild  wastes  in  verdure  rise, 
And  a  young  Eden  bless  our  eyes. 

Hymn  109.  ,p.  m. 

1.  /^i  OME,  then,  dear  Lord,  thyself  reveal, 
\_y    And  let  the  promise  now  take  place, 
Be  it  according  to  thy  will, 

According  to  thy  word  of  grace, 
Thy  sorrowful  disciples  cheer, 
And  send  us  down  the  comforter. 
'2.  He  visits  now  the  troubled  breast, 

And  oft  relieves  our  sad  complaint, 
But  soon  we  lose  the  transient  euest, 

But  soon  we  droop  again,  and  faint, 
Repeat  the  melancholy  moan, 
Our  joy  is  fled,  our  comfort  gone. 
3.  Hasten  him,  Lord,  into  our  heart, 
Our  sure  inseparable  guide  ; 
O  might  we  meet  and  never  part, 
O  might  he  in  our  heart  abide, 
And  keep  his  house  of  praise  and  prayer, 
And  rest  and  reign  for  ever  there  ! 


'•A 


Hymn  110.  p.  m. 

RM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake, 
The  terrors  of  the  Lord  display, 


38  WHITSUNDAY- 

Out  of  their  sins  the  natrons  shake, 
Tear  their  vain  confidence  away. 
Shew  them  the  guilt  of  unbelief, 
And  fill  their  hearts  with  sacred  grief. 

2.  Impart  the  salutary  pain, 

The  sudden  soul  condemning  power- 
Blow  on  the  goodliness  of  man. 

Wither  the  grass,  and  blast  the  flower, 
That,  when  their  works  are  all  o'erthrown, 
The  word  of  grace  may  stand  alone. 

3.  Naked,  and  destitute,  and  blind 

Themselves  let  the  poor  wretches  see, 
Their  total  fall  lament,  and  find 

That  every  mouth  is  stopt  by  thee. 
Thus  all  the  world  with  conscious  fear 
Guilty  before  their  God  appear. 

4.  Guilty  because  they  know  not  him, 

Who  liv'd  and  dy'd  their  souls  to  save> 
Who  came  his  people  to  redeem : 

No  part  or  lot  in  Christ  they  have, 
Till  thou  the  painful  veil  remove, 
And  shew  their  hearts  his  dying  love. 

Hymn  111.  p.  m. 

i:  QPIRIT  of  faith,  on  thee  wc  call, 
>C)  The  merits  of  our  Lord  apply, 
Convince,  and  then  convert  us  all, 

Condemn,  and  freely  justify. 
Set  forth  the  all-atoning  Lamb, 
And  spread  the  powers  of  Jcsu's  name. 
2.  Jesus  the  merciful  and  just 

To  every  heart  of  man  reveal. 
In  him  enable  us  to  trust, 

Forgiveness  thro'  his  blood  to  feel. 
Let  all  in  him  redemption  find  ; 
Sprinkle  the  blood  on  all  mankind. 


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3.  Is  he  not  to  his  Father  gone, 

Taat  we  his  righteousness  might  share? 
And  art  thou  not  on  earth  sent  down, 

The  fruit  of  his  prevailing  prayer, 
The  witness  of  his  grace,  and  seal, 
The  heavenly  gift  unspeakable ! 

4.  O  might  we  each  receive  the  grace 

By  thee  to  call  the  Saviour  mine  ! 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  to  all  our  race, 

Bring  in  the  righteousness  divine, 
Inspire  the  sense  of  sin  forgiv'n, 
And  give  on  earth  a  taste  of  heaven. 


Hymn  112.  p.  m. 

1.  TESUS,  God  of  peace  and  love, 
J     Send  thy  blessing  from  above, 
Take,  and  seal  us  for  thine  own, 
Touch  our  hearts,  and  make  them  one, 

2.  By  the  sense  of  sin  forgiven 
Purge  out  all  the  former  leaven, 
M  dice,  guile,  and  proud  offence  ; 
T.cK.e  tue  stone  of  stumbling  hence. 

3.  Root  up  every  bitter  root, 
Multiply  the  spirit's  fruit, 
Love,  and  joy,  and  quiet  peace, 
Meek  long-suffering,  gentleness. 

4.  Strict  and  general  temperance, 
Boundless,  pure  benevolence, 
Cordial  firm  fidelity ; 

All  the  mind  which  was  in  thee. 


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Hymn  113.  p.  m. 
PIRIT  of  grace,  we  bless  thy  name, 
Thy  works  and  oiTiccs  proclaim, 
Thy  fruits,  and  properties  and  powers: 
I  2 


SO  WHITSUNDAY. 

Thou  dost  with  kind  and  tender  care 
T;ie  Godless  heart  of  man  prepare, 
That  God  mciy  yet  again  be  ours. 

2.  Thou  didst  thy  fallen  creature  see, 
Fallen  from  happiness  and  thee, 

And  swiftly  to  our  rescue  come, 
Well  pleas' d  amongst  the  sons  of  men 
To  fix  thy  residence  again,. 

And  make  them  thy  eternal  home; 

3.  Thou  dost  the  first  good  thoughts  inspire? 
The  first  faint  spark  of  pure  desire 

Is  kindled  by  thy  gracious  breath. 
By  thee  made  conscious  of  his  fall, 
The  sinner  hears  thy  sudden  call, 

And  starts  out  of  the  sleep  of  death. 

4.  Convinced  of  sin  and  unbelief, 

He  sinks  o'envhehr/ct  with  sacred  grief, 
And  pines  ( l  consolate  for  God, 

Till  thou  the  he  Jin  g  balm  apply, 

The  sinner  freely  justify 

In  Jesu's  name,  and  Jesu's  blood. 

Hymn  114.  l.  m. 

The  influences  of  the  Spirit  experienced^ 
John  xiv,   16,   17. 
3.  TT\  EAR  Lord,  and  shall  thy  spirit  rest 
I  J  In  such  a  wretched  heart  as  mine  ? 
Unworthy  dwelling!  glorious  guest! 
Favour  astonishing,  diwne  ! 

2.  When  sin  prevails  and  gloomy  fear, 
And  hope  almost  expires  in  night, 
Lord  can  thy  spirit  then  be  here, 
Great  spring  of  comfort,  life,  and  light? 

3.  Sure  the  blest  comforter  is  nigh, 

'  i  is  he  sustains  my  fainting  heart ; 
Eisc  would  my  hop<*  tor  ever  lie, 
Awd  every  cheering  ray  depart, 


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4.  When  some  kind  promise  glads  my  soul, 
Do  I  not  find  his  healing  voice 

The  tempest  of  my  fears  controul, 
And  bid  my  drooping  powers  rejoice? 

5.  Whene'er  to  call  the  Saviour  mine, 
With  ardent  wish  my  heart  aspires  \. 
Can  it  be  less  than  power  divine, 
Which  animates  these  strong  desires? 

6.  What  less  than  thine  almighty  word 
Can  raise  my  heart  from  earth  and  dust, 
And  bid  me  cleave  to  thee,  my  Lord, 
My  life,  my  treasure  and  my  trust. 

7.  And  when  my  cheerful  hope  can  say, 

"  I  love  my  God,  and- taste  his  grace," 

Lord,  is  it  not  thy  blissful  ray, 

Which  brings  this  dawn  of  sacred  peace  ? 

8.  Let  thy  kind  spirit  in  my  heart 
For  ever  dwell,  O  God  of  love, 

And  light  and  heav'nly  peace  impart, 
Sweet  earnest  of  the  joys  above. 

Hymn  115.  s.  m. 

U  /^  OME,  Holy  Spirit,  come ; 
V^y  Let  thy   bright  beams  arise ; 
Dispel  the  sorrows  from  our  minds, 
Tae  darkness  from  our  eyes. 

2.  Cheer  our  desponding  hearts 

With  visitations  sweet; 
Give  us  to  lie,  with  humble  hope> 
At  our  Redeemer's  feet. 

3.  Revive  our  drooping  faith, 

Our  douUs  and  fears  remove  ; 
And  kiadle  in  ou    breasts  the  flame 
Of  never-dying  love. 

4.  Convince  us  of  our  sin, 

Then  lead  to  Jesu's  blood ). 


£2  WHITSUNDAY. 

And  to  our  wonti'i  ing  view  reveal 
The  secret  love  of  God. 

5.  Shew  us  the  sinnei's  friend 

That  rules  the  courts  of  bliss  ; 
The  Lord  of  hosts,  the  mighty  God, 
Tn*  eternai  prince  of  peace. 

6.  *Tis  thine  to  cleanse  the  heart, 

T'  illuminate  the  soul ; 
To  pour  fresh  life  on  ev'ry  part, 
And  new  create  the  whole. 

Hymn  116.  c.  m. 

1.  f~\  HOLY  Gnost,  eternai  God, 
V^/  Descending  from  above, 

Thou  fill'st  the  soul  through  Jesu's  blood,. 
With  faith  and  hope  and  love. 

2.  Thou  comfortest  the  heavy  heart, 

By  sin  and  grief  opp  re  ss'd: 
Thou  to  the  dead  dost  life  impart, 
And  to  the  weary  rest. 

3.  Tijy  sweet  communion  charms  the  soul, 

And  gives  true  peace  and  joy, 
Which  satan'S  pow'r  can  ne'er  control, 
Nor  all  his  wiies  destroy. 

4.  Let  no  false  comfort  lift  us  up 

To  confidence  that's  vuin: 
Nor  let  their  faith  and  courage  droop, 
Who  love  the  Lamb  once  slain. 

5.  Breathe  comfort  where  distress  abounds. 

O  make  our  conscience  clean; 
And  heal  with  balm/from  Jesu's  .wounds, 

T;»C  fcst'l  :. 

6.  Vanquish  our  luits;  our  pride  remove; 

e  out  the 

Shew  us  I  itess  lo\e, 

And  merits  of  the  oon. 


WHITSUNDAY.  K 

Hymn  117.    l.  m. 

The  effusions  cflhe  Spirit. 

1.  /^  REAT  was  tbe  day,  the  joy  was^reat^ 
\J  Wl  cji  the  divine  disciples  met: 

While  on  tueir  beads  the  spirit  came 
And  sat  iike  tongues  of  cloven  flame. 

2.  What  gifts,  what  miracles  he  gave  ! 
And  pow'r  to  kill,  and  pow'r  to  save, 
Furnis^M  their  tongues  with  wond'rous  words* 
Instead  of  shields  and  spears  and  swords. 

3.  Thus  arm\l,  he  s*ent  the  champions  forth, 
From  east  to  west,  from  south  to  north : 

"  Go,  and  assert  your  Saviour's  cause ; 
"  Go,  spread  the  myst'ry  of  his  cross. * 

4.  T.ese  weapons  of  .the  holy  war, 
Of  what  almighty  force  they  are, 
To  make  our  stubborn  passions  bow, 
And  lay  the  proudest  rebel  low! 

5.  Nations,  the  learned  and  the  rude 
Are  by  these  heav'nly  arms  subdu'd  ; 
While  satan  rages  at  his  loss, 

And  hates  the  doctrine  of  the  cross. 

6.  Great  king  of  grace  !  my  heart  subdue  ; 
I  would  be  led  in  triumph  too, 

A  willing  captive  to  my  Lord, 
And  sing  the  victMes  of  his  word. 


Hymn  118.     c.  m. 

1 . '/^*  OME  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire, 
V^y  Let  us  thine  influence  prove  ; 
Source  o^the  old  prophetic  fire, 
Fountain  of  life  and  love. 
2.  Come  Holy  Ghost,  for  mov'cl  by  thca 
Tny  prophets  wrote  and  spoke ; 


«M  WHITSUNDAY. 

Unlock  the  truth  (thyself  the  key  !) 
Unseal  the  sacred  book. 

3.  Water  with  heav'nly  dew  thy  word, 

In  this  appointed  hour, 
Attend  it  with  thy  presence,  Lord, 
And  bid  it  come  with  pow'r. 

4.  Open  the  hearts  of  them  that  hear, 

To  make  the  Saviour  room ; 

Now  let  us  find  redemption  near, 

Let  faith  by  hearing  come. 

Hymn  119.    p.  m. 

1.  I^  TERNA^,  spirit,  source  of  light 

Ij  Eniiv'ning,  consecrating  fire, 
Descend,  and  with  celestial  heat 

Our  dull,  our  frozen  hearts  inspire: 
Our  souls  refine,  our  dross  consume  I 
Come,  condescending  spirit,  come  ! 

2.  In  our  cold  breasts  O  st'  ike  a  spark 

Of  the  pure  flame  which  seraphs  feel, 
Nor  let  us  wander  in  the  dark, 

Or  iie  benttmb'd  and  stupid  still: 
Come  vivifying  spirit,  come  ! 
And  make  our  hearts  thy  constant  home  ! 

3.  Whatever  guilt  and  madness  dare, 

We  would  not  quench  the  heavenly  fire  ; 
Our  hearts  as  fuel  we  prepare, 

Though  in  the  flame  we  should  expire: 
Our  breasts  expand  to  make  thee  room : 
Come  purifying  spirit  come  ! 

4.  Let  pure  devotion's  fervors  rise ! 

Let  every  pious  passion  glow ! 
O  let  the  raptures  of  the  skies 

Kindle  in  our  cold  hearts  below! 
Come  condescending  spirit,  come, 
And  make  our  souls  thy  constant  hone  S 


TRINITY.  »5 


2.  TRINITY. 


Hymn  120.  cm. 

OHoly  Father,  God  of  love  ? 
To  thee  our  hearts  we  raise  : 
Tny  all  sustaining  pow'r  we  prove, 
And  gladly  sing  thy  praise. 

2.  Lord  Jesus,  thine  we  wish  to  be, 

Our  sacrifice  receive  ; 
Made,  and  preserv'd,  and  sav'd  by  thee, 
To  thee  ourselves  we  give. 

3.  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  the  Saviour's  love 

Shed  in  our  hearts  abroad  ; 

So  shall  we  ever  live,  and  move, 

And  be  with  Christ  in  God. 


Hvmn  121.  l.  m. 

1.  /^\^JR  heav'nly  Father  is  not  known 
V_-/  To  us,  but  in  the  Son  alone  ; 
His  mercy,  love,  and  boundless  grace 

We  see  display 'd  in  Jesu's  face^ 

2.  Great  God!  how  dreadful  was  the  name, 

Until  the  God-man  Jesus  came ! 

We  could  not  love  or  honour  thee, 

Unless  the  Son  had  set  us  free. 

3.  O  love,  no  human  tongue  can  tell! 

O  love  divine  unsearchable  ! 
T    s  Father  gave  his  only  Son 

To  bleed  and  die  for  slaves  undone  ! 

4.  Can  any  ill  distress  my  heart, 

Since  God  with  his  own  son  did  part  ? 
What'er  I  want  can't  be  dcny'd, 
Since  Christ  for  me  was  crucify  *d. 


55  TRINITY. 

Hymn  122.   l.  m. 

1.  Ti  LESS'D  be  the  Father  and  his  love, 
J_J  To  whose  celestial  source  we  owe 
Rivers  of  endless  joys  above, 

And  rills  of  comfort  here  below. 

2.  Glory  to  thee,  great  son  of  God, 

From  whose  dear  wounded  body  rolls 
A  precious  stream  of  vital  blood, 
Pardon  and  life  for  dying  souls. 

3.  We  give  thee,  sacred  Spirit,  praise, 

Who  in  our  hearts  of  sin  and  woe 
Makes  living  springs  of  Grace  arise, 
And  into  boundless  Glory  flow. 

4.  Thus  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 

And  God  the  >Spirit  we  adore  ; 

That  sea  of  life  and  love  unknown, 

Without  a  bottom,  or  a  shore. 


Hymn  123.  c.  m. 

1.  /^i  LORY  to  God  the  Father's  name, 
VJT  Who  from  our  sinful  race 
Chose  out  his  fav'rites  to  proclaim 

Tne  honours  of  his  grace. 

2.  Glory  to  God  the  Son  be  paid, 

Who  dwelt  in  humble  clay, 
And,  to  redeem  us  from  the  dead, 
Gave  his  own  life  away. 

3.  Glory  to  God  the  Spirit  give, 

From  whose  almighty  pow'r 
Our  souls  their  heav'nly  birth  derive, 
And  bless  the  happy  hour. 

4.  Glory  to  God  that  reigns  above, 

T.i'  eternal  three  in  one, 
Who  by  the  wonders  of  his  love 
Has  made  his  nature  known. 


TRINITY.  M 

Hymn  124.   s.  u. 

LET  God  the  Fat  er  live 
For  ever  on  our  tongues : 
Sinners  from  his  first  love  derive 
The  ground  of  all  their  songs. 
.  Ye  saints,  employ  your  breath 

In  honour  of  the  son, 
"Who  bought  your  souls  from  hell  and  death. 
By  otFring  up  his  own. 

.  Give  to  the  spirit  praise 
Of  an  immortal  strain, 
Whose  light,  and  pow'r  and  grace  conveys 
Salvation  down  to  men. 

.  While  God  the  comforter 

Reveals  our  pardon'd  sin, 
O  may  the  blocd  and  water  bear 
Tne  same  record  within. 

.  To  the  great  one  in  Three, 

Tnat  seal  this  grace  in  heav'n, 
Tiie  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  be 
Eternal  glory  giv'n. 

Hymn  125.   p.  m. 

1.  T  GIVE  immortal  praise 

X  To  God  the  Father's  love, 

For  all  my  comforts  here, 
And  better  hopes  above  : 
He  sent  his  own  Eternal  son 
To  die  for  sins  that  man  had  done. 

2.  To  God  the  son  belongs 

Immortal  Glory  too, 
Who  bought  us  with  his  blood 

From  everlasting  woe  : 
And  now  he  lives,  and  now  he  reigns, 
And  sees  the  fruit  of  all  his  pi 

K 


S3  TRINITY. 

3.  To  God  the  Spirit's  name 

Immortal  worship  give, 
Whose  new-creating  pow'r 
Makes 'the  dead  sinner  live  : 
His  work  completes  the  great  design, 
And  fills  the  so\il  with  joy  divine. 

4.  Almighty  God!  to  thee 

Be  endless  honours  done, 
The  undivided  Three, 

And  the  mysterious  One  i 
Where  reason  fails  with  all  her  powers, 
There  faith  prevails,  and  love  adores. 

Hymn  126.  c.  m. 

1.  T  T  AIL,  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord  ! 
JL1  Be  endless  praise  to  thee  I 
Supreme',  essential  One,  adorM 

In  co-eternal  Three. 

2.  Enthron'd  in  everlasting  state, 

Ere  time  its  round  began, 
Who  join'd  in  counsel  to  create 
The  dignity  of  man. 

3.  To  whom  Isaiah's  vision  shew'd, 

The  seraphs  veil  their  wings, 
While  thee,  Jehovah,  Lord,  and  God, 
Th'  angciic  army  sings. 

4.  To  thee,  by  mysdcpow'rs  on  high 

Were  humble  praises  given, 
When  John  beheld  with  favour'd  eye, 
Th'  inhabitants  of  heaven  ! 

5.  All  that  the  name  of  creature  owns, 

To  thee  in  hymns  aspire  ; 
May  •  gels  on  our  thrones 

For  • 


TRINITY,  $«5 

f>.  Hail,  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord  i 
Be  endless  praise  to  thee  ; 
Supreme,  essential  One,  ador'd 
In  co-eternal  Three. 

Hymn  127.   c/m. 

1.  T?  ATHER  of  glory,  to  thy  name 
J?    Immortal  praise  we  give, 
Who  dost  an  act  of  grace  proclaim, 

And  bid  us  rebels  live. 

2.  Immortal  honour  to  the  Son, 

Who  makes  thine  anger  cease ; 
Our  lives  he  ransom'd  with  his  own. 
And  dy'd  to  make  our  peace. 

3.  To  thy  Almighty  Spirit  be 

Immortal  glory  given, 
Whose  influ'nce  brings  us  near  to  thee, 
And  trains  us  up  for  heaven. 

4.  Let  men,  with  their  united  voice, 

Adore  th'  eternal  God, 
And  spread  his  honours  and  their  joys 
Thro'  nations  far  abroad. 

5.  Let  faith,  and  love,  and  duty  join, 

One  general  song  to  raise, 
Let  saints  in  earth  and  heav'n  combine: 
In  harmony  and  praise. 

Hymn  128.  s.  m. 

1 .  I.1  ATHER  in  whom  we  live, 

X?     In  whom  we  are  and  move, 
The  glory,  power,  and  praise  receive 

Of  thy  creating  love  : 

Let  all  the  angel-throng 

Give  thanks  to  God  on  hip;h, 
While  earth  repeats  the  joyful  song, 

And  echoes  to  the  sky. 


iW  TRINITY. 

2.  Incarnate 'Deity, 

Let  all  the  ransom 'd  race 
Render  in  thanks  their  jives  to  thee 

For  thy  redeeming  grace  : 

The  grace  to  sinners  shew'd 
heavenly  choirs  proclaim; 
And  cry  salvation  to  our  God, 

Salvation  Lo  the  Lamb. 

3.  Spirit  of  holiness, 

Let  all  thy  saints  adore 
Thy  sacred  energy,  and  bless 

Thine  heart-renewing  power: 
Not  angel-iongues.can  tell 
Thy  love's  extatic  height, 
The  glorious  joy  unspeakable, 
The  beatific  sight. 

4.  Eternal  tri-une  Lord, 

*      Let  all  the  hosts  above, 
Let  all  the  sons  of  men  record, 

And  dwell  upon  thy  love. 

When  heaven  and  earth  are  fled 

Before  thy  glorious  face, 
Sing  all  the  saints  thy  love  hath  made, 

Thine  everlasting  praise. 


Hymn  129.   s.  m, 

J.  T    ET  heav'n  and  earth  agree, 
JLj  The  Father's  praise  to  sing,. 

Who  draws  us  to  "the  Son,  that  he 
May  us  to  glory  bring. 

2.  Honour  and  endless  love, 
Let  God  the  Son  receive, 

Who  saves  us  here,  and  prays  ah 
That  we  with  him  may  live. 

J.  Be  everlasting  praise 
i  God  the  Spirit  given, 


TRINITY.  10  i 

Who  now  attests  us  sons  of  grace, 

And  seals  us  heirs  of  heaven. 
4.  Drawn,  and  redeem'd  and  seal'd, 

We'll  sing  the  One  in  Three, 
With  Father,  Son,  and  spirit  fill'd, 

To  all  eternity. 

Hymn  130.  p.  m. 

lrT^HEE,  father  of  men  and  angels  we  praise, 

1  Whose  wonders  are  seen  in  nature  and  grace. 
Throughout  thy  creation  whose  goodness  we  prove, 
And  boundless  compassion  and  infinite  love. 

2.  Thee,  Jesus,  the  Son  of  God  we  confess, 
Whose  passion  alone  hath  purchas'd  our  peace ; 
With  cherubs  before  thee  and  seraphs  we  fall, 
And  prostrate  adore  thee  the  Saviour  of  all. 

3.  O  Spirit  of  might,  of  joy,  and  of  love, 
Who  guidest  us  right  to  mansions  of  love, 
Whose  hallowed  graces  for  heaven  prepare ; 
We  pay  thee  our  praises  'till  glorify 'd  there. 

4.  There,  there  we  shall  see  the  substance  divine, 
And  fashion'd  like  thee  transcendantly  shine, 
The  personal  essence  be  bold  to  explain, 

And  wrapt  in  thy  presence  eternally  reign. 

Hymn  131.   p.  m. 

H  T^ATHER  of  our  dying  Lord, 
JL    Remember  us  for  good ; 
O  fulfil  his  faithful  word, 

And  hear  his  speaking  blood  ! 
Give  us  that  for  which  he  prays ; 

Father,  glorify  thy  Son  ; 
Shew  his  truth,  and  pow'r  and  grace ; 
And  send  the  promise  down. 
2.  True  and  faithful  witness,  thou, 
O  Christ  !  the  spirit  give, 
S2 


102  CREATION. 

Hast  thou  not  receiv'd  him  now, 
That  we  might  now  receive  ? 

Art  thou  not  our  living  head  ? 
Life  to  our  limbs  impart : 

Shed  thy  love,  thy  spirit  shed, 
In  ev'ry  waiting  heart. 

3.  Holy  Ghost,  the  Comforter, 

The  gift  of  Jesus,  come ; 
Glows  our  heart  to  find  thee  near, 

And  swells  to  make  thee  room ; 
Present  with  us  thee  we  feel, 

Come,  O  come,  and  in  us  be  ! 
With  us,  in  us,  live  and  dwell 

And  may  we  dwell  in  thee. 


IF.  CREATION  AND  PROVIDENCE, 

1.  CREATION. 
Hymn  132.   c.  m. 

The  creation  of  the  ivorlcL  ,  Gen  1 . 
!.  «\JOW  let  a  spacious  world  arise," 
JL>r  Said  the  Creator-Lord; 
At  once  th'  obedient  earth  and  skies 
PcOae  at  his  sov'reign  word. 

2.  Dark  was  the  deep  :  the  waters  lay 

Confus'd  and  drown'd  the  land  : 
He  caii'd  the  light ;  the  new-born  day 
Attends  on  his  command. 

3.  He  bids  the  clouds  ascend  on  high  ; 

The  clouds  ascend  and  bear 
A  wat'ry  treasure  to  the  sky, 
And  float  on  softer  air. 

4.  The  liquid  element  below 

Was  gathcr'd  by  his  hand: 


CREATION.  US! 

The  rolling  seas  together  flow 
And  leave  the  solid  land. 

5.  With  herbs  and  plants  (a  flow'ry  birth) 

The  naked  globe  he  crown'd, 
Ere  there  was  rain  to  bless  the  earth, 
Or  sun  to  warm  the  ground. 

6.  Then  he  adorn'd  the  upper  skies ; 

Behold  the  sun  appears  ; 
The  moon  and  stars  in  order  rise, 
To  mark  out  months- and  years. 

7.  Out  of  the  deep  th'  Almighty  King 

Did  vital  beings  frame, 
The  painted  fowls  of  ev'ry  wing, 
And  fish  of  ev'ry  name. . 

8.  He  gave  the  lion  and  the  worm 

At  once  their  wond'rous  birth, 

And  grazing  beasts  of  various  form 

Rose  from  the  teeming  earth. 

9.  Adam  was  fram'd  of  equal  clay, 

Tho'  sov'reign  of  the  rest, 
Design'd  for  nobler  ends  than  they, 
With  God's  own  image  bless'd. 

10.  Tnus  glorious  in  the  Maker's  eye 

The  young  creation  stood : 
He  saw  the  building  from  on  high ; 
His  word  pronoune'd  it  good. 

11.  Lord,  while  the  frame  of  nature  stands, 

Thy  praise  shall  fill  my  tongue; 
But  the  new  world  of  grace  demands 
A  .more  exalted  song. 

Hymn  133,    l.  m. 

God's  goodness  to  the  children  of  men.  Psalm  cvii,  31 

1.  T    ET  the  high  heav'ns  your  songs  invite, 
JLi  Those  spacious  fields  of  brilliant  light ; 


10*  CREATION. 

Where  sun,  and  moon,  and  planets  roll* 
And  stars  that  glow  from  pole  to  pole. 

2.  Sing,  earth  in  verdant  robes  array 'd, 

Its  herbs  and  flowers,  its  fruits  and  shade ; 

Peopled  with  life  of  various  forms, 

Of  fish,  and  fowl,  and  beasts,  and  worms. 

3.  View  the  broad  sea's  majestic  plains, 
And  think  how  wide  its  maker  reigns ; 
That  band  remotest  nations  joins, 
And  on  each  wave  his  goodness  shines. 

4.  But  O  !  that  brighter  world  above, 
Where  lives  and  reigns  incarnate  lovei- 
God's  only  Son,  in  flesh  array'd, 

Few  man  a  bleeding  victim  made. 

5.  Thither,  my  soul,  with  rapture  soar, 
There  in  the  land  of  praise  adore  ; 
The  theme  demands  an  angel's  lay, 
Demands  an  everlasting  day. 


Hymn  134.   c.  m. 

1 .  T    ORD  when  our  raptur'd  thought  surveys, 

1  a  Creation's  beauties  o'er, 
All  nature  joins  to  teach  thy  praise, 
And  bids  our  souls  adore. 

2.  Where'er  we  turn  our  gazing  eyes, 

Thy  radiant  footsteps  shine  ; 
Ten  thousand  pleasing  wonders  rise 
And  speak  their  source  divine. 

3.  The  living  tribes  of  countless  forms, 

In  earth,  alid  sea,  and  air : 
The  meanest  flies,  the  smallest  worms, 
Almighty  power  declare. 

4.  Thy  wisdom,  power  and  goodness  Lord, 

In  ali  lay  works  appear; 


CREATION.  105 

And,  O  !  let  man  thy  praise  record, 
Man,  Thy  distinguished  care  ! 

5.  From  thee  the  breath  of  life  lie  drew ; 
That  breath  thy  power  maintains  ; 
Thy  tender  mercy,  ever  new, 
His  brittle  frame  sustains. 

$.  Yet  nobler  favours  claim  his  praise^ 
Of  reason's  light  possess'd ; 
By  revelation's  brightest  rays, 
Still  more  divinely  bless'd. 

7.  On  us  thy  providence  has  shone 
With  gentle,  smiling  rays ; 
O  may  our  lips  and  lives  make  known 
Thy  goodness  and  thy  praise  ! 

Hymn  135.    c.  m. 

1.  r  I  ''HE  glories  of  my  maker,  God, 

JL    My  joyful  voice  shall  sing, 
And  call  the  nations  to  adore 
Their  former  and  their  king. 

2.  'Twas  his  right  hand  that  shap'd  our  clay^ 

And  wrought  this  human  frame  : 
But  from  his  own  immediate  breath 
Our  nobler  spirits  came. 

3.  We  bring  our  mortal  pow'rs  to  God, 

And  worship  with  our  tongues  : 
We  claim  some  kindred  with  the  skies, 
And  join  th'  angelic  songs. 

4.  Let  grov'iing  beasts  of  ev'ry  shape, 

And  fowls  of  ev'ry  wing, 
Andl-ocks  and  trees,  and  fires  and  seas,. 
Their  various  tribute  bring. 

5.  Ye  planets,  to  his  honour  shine, 

And  wheels  of  nature  roll : 
Praise  him  in  your -unweary  course 
Around  the  steady  pole. 


106  CREATION. 

6.  The  brightness  of  our  Maker's  name   - 
The  wide  creation  fills, 
And  his  unbounded  grandeur  flies 
Beyond  the  heav'nly  hills. 

Hymn  136.  l.  m. 

1.  T)  EFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
J3  Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy : 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone, 

He  can  create  and  he  destroy. 

2.  His  sov'reign  pow'r,  without  our  aid 

Made  us  of  clay,  and  form'd  us  men ! 
And  when  like  wand'ring  sheep  we  stray'd, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3.  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 

High  as  the  heav'ns  our  voices  raise  : 
And  earth  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Shall  nil  thy  courts  with  sounding  p raise . 

4.  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command ; 

Vast  as  eternity  thy  love : 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  must  stand, 
When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move 

Hymn  137.  l.  m, 

1 .  v  I  ^HE  spacious  firmament  on  high, 

JL    With  all  the  blue  ethereal  sky, 
And  spangled  heavens,  a  shining  frame. 
Their  great  original  proclaim : 
TV  unwearied  sun,  from  day  to  day, 
Does  his  creator's  power  display, 
And  publishes  to  every  land 
The  work  of  an  almighty  hand. 

2.  Soon  as  the  evening  shades  prevail, 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wond'rous  tals, 
And  nightly  to  the  list'ning  earth, 
Repeat*  the  story  of  her  birth : 


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Whilst  all  the  stars  that  round  ber  burn, 
And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 
And  spread  the  truth  from  pcje  to  pole. 

3.  What  though  in  solemn  silence,  all 
.  Move  round  the  dark  terrestrial  ball  ? 
What  though  nor  real  voice  nor  sound 
Amid  their  radiant  *>rbs  be  found  ? 
In  reason's  ear  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice,  ^ 

For  ever  singing,  as  they  shine, 
44  The  Hand  that  made  us  is  Divine." 


Hymn  138.  l.  m. 

3 .  HT^HERE  is  a  God,  all  nature  speaks, 

JL    Through  earth,  and  air,  and  seas,  and  skies  $ 
See  from  the  clouds  his  glory  breaks, 
When  the  first  beams  cr  morning  rise. 

2.  The  rising  sun,  serenely  bright, 

O'er  the  wide  world's  extended  frame, 
Inscribes  in  characters  of  light, 

His  mighty  maker's  glorious  name. 

3.  Diffusing  life,  his  influence  spreads, 

And  health  and  plenty  smile  around, 
And  fruitful  fields,  and  verdant  meads, 
Are  v>  ith  a  thousand  blessings  crown Jd. 

4.  Almighty  goodness,  power  divine, 

The  fields  and  verdant  meads  display ; 
Arid  bless  the  hand  which  made  them  shine, 
With  various  charms  profusely  gay. 

5.  For  man  and  beast,  here  daily  food 

In  wide  di ft usivc plenty  grows; 
And  there,  for  drink,  the  chiyate!  flood 

In  streams  sweet  winding,  gently  flowi*. 


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6.  By  cooling  streams,  and  soft'ning  showers, 
The  vegetable  race  are  fed, 
And  trees,  and  plants,  and  herbs,  and  flowers. 
Their  maker's  bounty  smiling  spread. 


2.  PROVIDENCE. 
Hymn  139.  c.  m. 

i.  T  TOW  are  thy  servants  bless'd,  O  Lord! 
JLl  How  sure  is  their  defence  ! 
Eternal  wisdom  is  their  guide, 
Their  help  omnipotence. 

-2*  In  foreign  realms  and  lands  remote, 
Supported  by  thy  care, 
Thro'  burning  climes  they  pass  unhurt, 
And  breathe  in  tainted  air. 

3.  When  by  the  dreadful  tempest  borne 

High  on  the  broken  wave, 
They  know  thou  ail  not  slow  to  hear, 
Nor  impotent  to  save. 

4.  The  storm  is  laid,  the  winds  retire, 

Obedient  to  thy  will  : 
The  sea,  that  rears  at  thy  command. 
At  thy  command  is  still, 

5.  In  'midst  of  dangers,  fears  and  deaths, 

Thy  goodness  we'll  adore, 
We'll  praise  thee  for  thy  mercies  past, 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

6.  Our  life,  while  thou  prescrv'st  that  life, 

Thy  sacrifice  shall  be  ; 
And  death,  when  death  shall  be  our  lot, 
Shall  join  our  souls  to  thee. 


PROVIDENCE. 

Hymn  140.  c.  m. 

1.  A    LMIGHTY  Father,  gracious  Lord, 
i\  Kind  Guardian  of  my  days, 

Thy  mercies  let  my  heart  record 
In  songs  of  grateful  praise. 

2.  In  life's  first  dawn,  my  tender  frame 

Was  thy  indulgent  care, 
Long  ere  I  could  pronounce  thy  name, 
Or  breathe  the  infant  prayer. 

3.  Each  rolling  year  new  favours  brought 

From  thy  exhaustless  store ; 
But  ah !  in  vain  my  labouring  thought 
Would  count  thy  mercies  o'er. 

4.  While  sweet  reflection  thro'  my  days 

Thy  bounteous  hand  would  trace ; 
Still  dearer  blessings  claim  my  praisc> 
The  blessings  of  thy  grace. 

5.  Yes,  I  adore  thee,  gracious  Lord, 

For  favours  more  divine ; 
That  I  have  known  thy  sacred  word, 
Where  all  thy  glories  shine. 

Hymn  141.  c.  m. 

U  T  *  THEN  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God, 
V  V     My  rising  soul  surveys : 
Transported  with  the  view,  I'm  lost 
In  wonder,  love  and  prake. 

2.  Thy  providence  my  life  sustain'd, 

And  all  my  wants  redrest, 
When  in  the  silent  womb  I  lay, 
Or  hung  upon  the  breast. 

3.  To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries 

Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear, 
Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learn*  d 
To  form  themselves  in  pray'r. 
L 


U*  PROVIDENCE. 

4.  Unnumbered  comforts  on  my  soul 

Thy  tender  care  bestow'd, 
Before  my  infant  heart  conceiv'd 
From  whom  these  comforts  fiow'd. 

5.  When  in  the  slipp'ry  path  of  youth 

With  heedless  steps  I  ran, 
Thine  arm  unseen  convey 'd  me  safe, 
And  led  me  up  to  man. 

6.  Through  hidden  dangers,  toils  and  deaths 

It  gently  clear'd  my  way, 
And  thro'  the  pleasing  snares  of  vice, 
Mere  to  be  fear'd  than  they. 

7.  Through  ev'ry  period  of  my  jife, 

Thy  goodness  I'll  pursue ; 
And,  after  death,  in  heav'n  with  thee 
The  glorious  theme  renew. 

8.  Through  all  eternity,  to  thee 

A  joyful  song  I'll  raise : 

But  O  !  eternity's  too  short 

To  utter  all  thy  praise. 

Hymn  142.  c.  m.    . 

l.TN  thee  I  live,  and  move,  and  am: 
JL  Then  numb'rest  all  my  days. 
As  thou  rcnew'st  my  being,  Lord, 
Let  me  renew  thy  praise. 

2.  From  thee  I  am>  through  thee  I  am, 

And  for  thee  I  must  be : 
'Twere  better  for  me  not  to  live, 
Than  not  to  live  to  thee. 

3.  Naked  I  came  into  this  world, 

And  nothing  with  me  brought ; 
Ancl  nothing  have  I  here  ceserv'd, 
Yet  have  I  lacked  nought. 

4.  I  do  not  prusc  my  lab'ring  hand, 

My  lab'ring  head  or  chance  ; 


PROVIDENCE.  M 

Thy  providence,  most  gracious  God, 
Is  mine  inheritance. 

K  Lord,  in  the  day,  thou  art  about 
The  paths  wherein  I  tread  ; 
And  in  the  night,  while  I  lie  down,- 
Thou  art  about  my  bed. 

fc.  A  thousand  deaths  I  daily  'scape, 
I  pass  Vy  many  a  pit ; 
I  sail  by  many  dreadful  rocks, 
Where  others  have  been  split, 

7.  O  let  my  house  a  temple  be, 
That  I  and  mine  may  ring 
Ilosannas  to  thy  majesty, 

And  praise  our  heav'nly  king.  % 

Hymn  143.   L.  u. 

1 .  /~1  I VE  to  our  God  immortal  praise  I 
\JT  Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways  : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong  : 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 

2.  Give  to  the  Lord  of  lords  renown, 
The  King  of  kings  with  glory  crown ; 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 

When  lords  and  kings  are  known  no  more. 

3.  He  built  the  earth,  he  spread  the  sky, 
And  fix'd  the  starry  lights  on  high : 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong  : 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 

4.  He  fills  the  sun  with  morning  light  : 
He  bids  the  moon  direct  the  night : 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 

When  suns  and  moons  shall  shine  no  more. 

5.  He  sent  his  son  with  pov»'r  to  save 
From  guilt,  and  darkness,  and  the  grave: 
Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong  : 
Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song. 


1 1£  PROVIDENCE. 

6.  Through  this  vain  world  he  guides  our  feet. 
And  leads  us  to  his  heav'nly  seat: 
His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 
When  this  vain  world  shall  be  no  more. 

Hymn  144.    s.  m. 

From  the  German. 
1.  f^  OMMIT  thou  all  thy  griefs 
Vy  And  ways  into  his  hands  ; 
To  his  sure  trust  and  tender  care, 

Who  earth  and  heav'n  commands: 
Who  points  the  clouds  their  course, 
Whom  winds  and  seas  obey, 
lie  shall  direct  thy  wandering  feet, 
Ke  shall  prepare  thy  way. 

2.  Thou  on  the  Lord  rely  : 

So  safe  shalt  thou  go  on. 
Fix  en  his  work  thy  stedfast  eye, 

So  shall  thy  work  be  done. 
No  profit  canst  thou  gain 

By  self-consuming  care  : 
To  him  commend  thy  cause,  his  ear 

Attends  the  softest  pray'r. 

3.  Thine  everlasting  truth  : 

Father  thy  ceaseless  love, 
Sees  all  thy  children's  wants,  and  knows 

What  best  for  each  will  prove. 
And  whatso'er  thou  will'st, 

Thou  dost,  O  King  of  kings  ; 
What  thine  unerring  wisdom  chose, 

Thy  pow'r  to  being  brings. 

4.  Thou  ev'ry  where  hast  way, 

And  all  things  serve  thy  might : 
Thy  ev'ry  act  a  blessing  is, 

Thy  path  unsullied  light. 
When  thou  arisest,  Lord, 

What  shall  thy  work  withstand? 
What  all  thy  children  v>ant,  thou  i^iv'st  : 

Who,  who  shall  stay  thy  hand  I 


PROVIDENCE.  )13 

Hymn  145.  s.  m. 

From  the  German. 

1.  /^1  IVE  to  the  winds  thy  fears  : 

\J  Hope,  and  be  undismay'd  : 
God  hears  thy  sighs,  and  counts  thy  tears, 

God  shall  lift  up  thy  head. 
Thro'  waves  and  clouds  and  storms, 

He  gently  clears  thy  way  : 
Wait  thou  his  time,  so  shall  this  night 

Soon  end  in  joyous  day. 

2.  Still  heavy  is  thy  heart  : 

Still  sink  thy  spirits  down : 
Cast  off  the  weight,  let  fear  depart, 

And  ev'ry  care  be  gone. 
What  though  thou  rulest  hot, 

Yet  heav'n,  and  earth,  and  hell 
Proclaim,  God  sitteth  on  the  throne 

And  ruleth  all  things  well. 

3.  Leave  to  his  sov'reign  sway 

To  choose  and  to  command  : 
So  shalt  thou,  wond'ring,  own  his  way, 
How  wise,  how  strong  his  hand  i 
'  Far,  far  above  thy  thought 
His  counsel  shall  appear, 
When  fully  he  the  work  hath  wrought, 
That  caus'd  thy  needless  fear. 

C  Thou  seest  our  weakness,  Lord, 
Our  hearts  are  known  to  thee : 
O  lift  thou  up  the  sinking  head, 

Confirm  the  feeble  knee. 
Let  us  in  life,  in  death, 

Thy  stedfast  truth  declare, 
And  publish  with  our  latest  breath, 
Thy  love  and  guardian  care. 
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PROVIDENCE. 
Hymn  146.     l.  m. 
OD  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  pow'r 


.lire'  various  deaths  my  soul  hath  led, 
Or  turn'd  aside  the  fatal  hour, 
Or  lifted  up  my  sinking  head!. 

2.  In  all  my  ways  thy  hand  I  own,. 

Thy  ruling  providence  I  see; 
Assist  me  still  my  course  to  run, 
And  still  direct  my  path  tothee- 

3.  Whither,  O  whither  should  I  fly, 

But  to  my  loving  Saviour's  breast,. 
Secure  within  thy  arms  to  lie, 

And  safe  beneath  thy  wing  to  rest  ? 

4.  I  have  no  skill  the  snare  to  shun, 

But  thou,  O  Christ !  my  wisdom  art ; 
I  ever  into  ruin  run, 

But  thou  art  greater  than  my  heart, 

5.  Foolish,  and  impotent,  and  blind — 

Lead  me  a  way  I  have  not  known ; 
Bring  me  where  1  my  heav'n  may  find, 
.The  heav'n  of  loving  thee  alone. 

6.  Enlarge  my  heart  to  make  thee  room : 

Enter,  and  in  me  ever  stay  ; 
The  crooked  then  shall  straight  become : 
The.  darkness. shall  qq  lost  ia  day  1 

Hymn  14.7.   p.m. 

h  rTP*HO>  troubles  assail  and  dangers  affright, 
X  Tho'  friends  should  all  fail,  and  foe  sail  unite: 
Yet  one  thing  secures  us,  whatever  betide, 
The  promise  assures  us  :   The  Lord  will  provide, 

2.  The  birds  without  barn  or  store -house  are  fed: 
From  them  let  us  learn  to  trust  for  our  bread : 
His  saints  what  is  fitting  shall  ne'er  be  deny'd, 
So  long  as  it's  written  ;  The  Lord  ivill provide.  t 


PROVIDENCE.  US 

G.  We  all  may,  like  ships,  by  tempest  be  tost 
On  perilous  deeps,  but  need  n<jt  be  lost : 
Tho'  satan  enrages  the  wind  and  the  tide, 
Yet  scripture  engages  :    The  Lord  will  provide, 

4.  His  call  we  obey?  like  Abrah'm  of  old: 

We  know  not  the  way,  but  faith  makes  us  bold ; 
For  tho'  we  are  strangers,  wTe  have  a  sure  guide,. 
And  trust  in  all  dangers :.  The  Lord  will  provide. 

5.  When  satan  appears  to  stop  up  our  path, 
And  fills  us  with  fears,  we  triumph  by  faith : 
He  cannot  take  from  us  (tho*  oft  he  has  try'd) 
The  heart  cheering  promise :  The  Lord  will  provide. 

6.  He  tells  us  we're  weak)  our  hope  is  in  vain, 
The  good  that  we  seek,  we  ne'er  shall  obtain: 
But  v  hen  such  suggestions  our  graces  have  try'd,. 
This  answers  all  questions :  The  Lord  will  provide. 

7.  No  strength  of  our  own,  nor  goodness  we  claim* 
Our  trust  is  all  thrown  on  Jesus's  name; 

In  this  our  strong  tower,  for  safety  we  hide  ; 
The  Lord  is  our  pow'r  :   The  Lord  will  provide . 
3,  When  life  sinks  apace,  and  death  is  in  view, 
The  word  of  his  grace  shall  comfort  us  through  ; 
Not  fearing  or  doubting,  with  Christ  on  our  side, 
We  hope  to  die  shouting :    The  Lord  will  provide. 

Hymn  148.   c.  m. 

1.  jf"^  OD  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 
V_X   His  wonders  to  perform  : 

He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

2.  Deep  in  unfuthomable  mines 

Of  never  failing  skill  ; 
He  treasures  up  his  bright  designs. 
And  works  his  sov'reign  will. 

3.  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take.; 

The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread 


116  PROVIDENCE, 

Ave  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  breaS* 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4.  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  senscy 

But  trust  him  for  his  grace  : 
Behind  a  frowning  providence, 
He  hides  a  smiling  face. 

5.  His  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 

Unfolding  ev'ry  hour  ; 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste> 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flow'g. 
S.  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err 
And  scan  his  work  in  vain, 
God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

Hymn  149.  i.  m; 

1.  THJEACE,  troubled  soul,  thou  need'st  not  fear  ', 
JL      Thy  great  provider  still  is  near  ; 

Who  fed  thee  last  will  feed  thee  still, 
Be  cairn,  and  sink  into  his  will. 

2.  The  Lord  who  built  the  earth  and  sky* 
In  mercy  stoops  to  hear  thy  cry  ; 

His  promise  all  may  freely  claim  : 
u  Ask  and  receive  in  Jesu's  name." 

3.  His  stores  are  open  all  and  free, 
To  such  as  truly  upright  be  : 
Water  and  bread,   he'll  give  for  food, 
With  all  things  else  which  he  sees  good.' 

4.  Your  sacred  hairs  which  are  so  small, 
By  God  himself  are  numbered  all  ; 
This  truth  he's  publish'd  all  abroad, 
That  men  may  learn  to  trust  the  Lord. 

3.  The  ravens  daily  he  doth  feed, 

And  sends  them  food  as  they  have  need ; 
Although  they  nothing  have  in  store, 
Yet  as  they  lack  he  gives  them  more^ 


PROVIDENCE  117 

%.  Then  do  not  seek  with  anxious  care, 
What  ye  shall  eat,  or  drink,  or  wear ; 
Your  heav'nly  Father  will  you  feed, 
He  knows  that  all  these  things  you  need. 

7.  Without  reserve  give  Christ  your  heart  ; 
Let  him  his  righteousness  impart  ; 
Then  all  things  else  he'll  freely  give  ; 
With  him" you  all  things  shall  receive. 

Hymn  150.  c.  m. 

1.  "VTOT  from  the  dust  affliction  grows, 
.lAI     Nor  troubles  rise  by  chance  : 
Yet  we  are  born  to  cares  and  woes ; 

A  sad  inheritance  ! 

2.  As  sparks  break  out  from  burning  coals* 

And  still  are  upwards  borne  : 
So  grief  is  rooted  in  our  souls, 
And  man  grows  up  to  mourn. 

3.  Yet  with  my  God  I  leave  my  cause5 

And  trust  his  promis'd  grace  ;  * 

He  rules  me  by  his  well-known  laws 
Of  love  and  righteousness. 

4.  Not  all  the  pains  that  e'er  I  bore 

Shall  spoil  my  future  peace  ; 

For  death  and  hell  can  do  no  more 

Than  what  my  Father  please. 

Hymn  1 51.  l.  m. 

1.  T  TOW  do  thy  mercies  close  me  round  ! 
XjL  For  ever  be  thy  name  ador'd  ! 

In  all  things  I  do  so  abound  ; 
The  servant  is  above  his  Lord! 

2.  Inur'd  to  poverty  and  pain 

A  suffering  life  my  Master  led ; 
The  Son  of  God,  the  Son  of  Man, 
He^ad  not  where  to  lay  his  iead, 


118  PROVIDENCE. 

3.  But  lo !  a  place  he  hath  prepar'd 

For  me  whom  watchful  angels  keep  : 
Yea,  he,  himself,  becomes  my  guard  ; 
He  smooths  my  bed,  and  gives  me  sleep. 

4.  Jesus  protects ;  my  fears  be  gone  : 

What  can  the  Rock  of  Ages  move  ? 
Safe  in  thine  arms  I  lay  me  down, 
Thine  everlasting  arms  of  love. 

5.  While  thou  art  intimately  nigh, 

Who,  who  shall  violato  my  rest  ? 
Sin,  earth,  and  hell,  I  now  defy  ; 
I  lean  upon  my  Saviour's  breast. 

6.  I  rest  beneath  th*  Almighty's  shade, 

My  griefs  expire,  my  troubles  cease  ; 
Thou,  Lord,  on  whom  my  soul  is  stay'd, 
Wilt  keep  me  still  in  perfect  peace. 

Hymn  152,  p.  ir. 

1 .  rTHHE  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare, 

1     And  feed  me  with  a  shepherd's  care  r 
His  presence  shall  my  wants  supply, 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye . 
My  noon-day  walks  he  shall  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

2.  When  on  the  sultry  glebe  I  faint, 
Or  on  the  thirsty  mountain  pant, 
To  fertile  vales  and  dewy  meads 
My  weary  wand'ririg  steps  he  leads, 
Where  peaceful  rivers,  soft  and  slow, 
Amid  the  verdant  landskape  flow. 

S»  Though  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread, 
With  gloomy  horrors  overspread, 
My  steadfast  heart,  shall  fear  no  ill, 
For  thou,  O  Lord,  art  with  me  still  : 
Thy  friendly  crook  shall  give  me  aid, 
And  guide  me  through  the  dreadful  *hado» 


PROVIDENCE.  119 

4.  Though  In  a  bare  and  rugged  way, 
Through  devious  lonely  wilds  I  stray, 
Thy  bounty  shall  my  pains  beguile  : 
The  barren  wilderness  shall  siuile, 
With  sudden  greens  and  herbage  crown'd, 
And  streams  shall  murmur  all  around. 

Hymn  153,  l.  m. 

1.  4    WAY,  my  unbelieving  fear  ! 

jTjl  Fear  shall  in  me  no  more  have  place  > 
My  Saviour  doth  not  yet  appear, 

He  hides  the  brightness  oi  his  face : 
But  shall  I  therefore  let  him  go, 

And  basely  to  the  tempter  yield  ? 
No,  in  the  strength  of  Jesus,  no, 

I  never  will  give  up  my  shield. 

2.  Although  the  vine  its  fruits  deny  ; 

Although  the  olive  yield  no  oil ; 
The  with'ring  fig-trees  droop  and  die  *, 

The  fields  elude  the  tiller's  toil ; 
The  empty  stall  no  herd  afford, 

And  perish  all  the  bleating  race  : 
Yet  will  I  triumph  in  the  Lord, 

The  God  of  my  salvation  praise. 

3.  Barren  although  my  soul  remain, 

And  no  one  bud  of  grace  appear  ; 
No  fruit  of  all  my  toil  and  pain, 

But  sin,  and  only  sin  is  here  ; 
Although  my  gifts  and  comforts  lost. 

My  blooming  hopes  cut  off  I  see  ; 
Yet  will  I  in  my  Saviour  trust, 

And  glory  that  he  dy'd  for  me. 

4.  In  hope  believing  against  hope, 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  my  God,  I  claim, 
Jesus,  my  strength,  shall  lift  me  up. 
Salvation  is  in  Jcsu's  name  i 


120  PROVIDENCE. 

To  me  he  soon  shall  bring  it  nigh, 

My  soul  shali  then  out-strip  the  wind  ; 

On  wings  of  love  mount  up  on  high, 
And  leave  the  world  and  sin  behind. 

Hymn  154.   p.  m. 

From  the  German. 

1.  Ti  /TASTER,  I  own  thy  lawful  claim, 
JLVJL  Thine,  wholly  thine,  I  long  to  be  ; 
Thou  seest,  at  last,  I  willing  am, 

Where'er  thou  go'st  to  follow  thee  ; 
Myself  in  all  things  to  deny: 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  to  live  and  die. 

2.  Whate'er  my  sinful  flesh  requires, 

For  thee  I  cheerfully  forego ; 
My  covetous  and  vain  desires, 

My  hopes  of  happiness  below, 
My  senses'  and  my  passions'  food, 

And  all  my  thirst  for  creature  good. 

3.  Pleasure,  and  wealth,  and  praise,  no  more. 

Shall  lead  my  captive  soul  astray  ; 
My  vain  pursuits  I  all  give  o'er, 

Thee,  only  thee,  resolv'd  t'  obey  : 
Myself  in  all  things  to  resign, 

And  know  no  other  will  but  thine. 

4.  All  pow'r  is  thine  in  earth  and  heav'n ; 

All  fulness  dwells  in  thee  alone  ; 
What'er  I  have  was  freely  giv'n  ; 

Nothing  but  sin  I  call  my  own ; 
My  only  trust  is  in  thy  name  ; 
Thou  only  art  the  great  I  AM. 

5.  Wherefore  to  thee  I  all  resign ; 

Wisdom  thou  art,  and  Love,  and  pow'r  : 
Thy  only  will  be  done,  not  mine  ! 

Thee,  Lord,  let  earth  and  heav'n  adore ! 
Back  flow  the  rivers  to  the  sea, 
And  so  o\ir  all  be  lost  in  thee ! 


PROVIDENCE.  1*1 

Hymn  155.   l.  m. 

V.  MpHOU  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince  of  Peace, 
X     For  thee  my  thirsty  soul  doth  pine  ! 
My  longing  heart  implores  thy  grace  : 
O  make  me  in  thy  likeness  shine  ! 

2.  With  fraudless,  even,  humble  mind 

Thy  will  in  all  things  may  I  see  I 
In  love  be  ev'ry  wish  resign'd, 

And  hallow 'd  my  whole  heart  to  thee. 

3.  When  pain  o'er  my  weak  flesh  prevails, 

With  lamb-like  patience  arm  my  breast ; 
When  grief  my  wounded  soul  assails, 
In  lowly  meekness  may  1  rest. 

4.  Close  by  thy  side  still  may  I  keep, 

Howe'er  life's  various  currents  flow  ; 
With  stedfast  eye  mark  ev'ry  step, 
And  follow  thee  where'er  thou  go. 

5.  Thou,  Lord,  the  dreadful  fight  hast  won  $ 

Alone  thou  hast  the  wine -press  trod  ; 

In  me  thy  strength'ning  grace  be  shown  : 

O  iruty  I  conquer  through  thy  blood  I 

6.  So,  when  on  Sion  thou  shalt  stand, 

And  all  heav'ns  hosts  adore  their  King, 
Shall  I  be  found  at  thy  right  hand, 
And  free  from  pain  thy  glories  sing. 

Hymn  156.  l.  m. 

i.  TESUS,  the  weary  wand'rer's  rest, 
J    Give  me  thine  easy  yoke  to  bear ; 
With  stedfast  patience  arm  my  breast, 
With  spotless  love,  and  lowly  fear. 
2.  Thankful  I  take  the  cup  from  thee, 
Prepared  and  mingled  by  thy  skill  ; 
Though  bitter  to  the  taste  it  be, 
Pow'rful  the  wounded  soul  to  heal. 
M 


122  THE  FALL  A&D 

3.  Be  thou,  O  Rock  of  Ages,  nigh! 

So  shall  each  murm'ring  thought  be  gone  ! 
And  grief,  and  fear,  and  care  shall  fly, 
As  clouds  before  the  mid-day  sun. 

4.  Speak  to  my  warring  passions  :  "  Peace  ;" 

Say  to  my  troubled  heart :  "  Be  still  :" 
Thy  pow'r  my  strength  and  fortress  is, 
For  all  things  serve  thy  so v 'reign  will. 

5.  O  death  !  where  is  thy  sting  ?  where  now, 

Thy  boasted  victory,  O  grave  ? 
Who  shall  contend  with  God  ?  or  who 
Can  hurt  whom  God  delights  to  save  r 


THE  FALL  AjYD  TEMPTATION  OF 

MAN. 

Hymn  157.  c.  m. 

i  ACKWARD  with  humble  shame  we  look 
On  our  original  ; 
How  is  our  nature  dush'd  and  broke 
In  our  first  father's  fail  ! 

2.  To  all  that's  good  averse,  and  blind,     ^ 

But  prone  to  all  that's  ill  ; 
What  dreadful  darkness  veils  our  mind, 
How  obstinate  our  will  ! 

3.  Wild  and  unwholesome  as  the  root, 

Will  all  the  branches  be  : 
How  can  we  hope  for  living  fruit 
from  such  a  deadly  tree  ? 

4.  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  wond'rdlw  love 

make  our  nature  clean, 
While  Christ  and  grace  prevail  above 
The  tempter,  death  and  sin. 


TEMPTATION  OF  MAN. 

5.  The  second  Adam  shall  restore 
The  ruins  of  the  first  ; 
Hosaruia  to  that  sovereign  pow'r 
That  new-creat^s  our  dust  I 

Hymn  158.  cm. 

WITH  tears  of  anguish  I  lament, 
Here  at  thy  feet,  my  God, 
My  passion,  pride,  and  discontent, 
A  n!  vile  ingratitude. 

2.  Sure  there  was  ne'er  a  heart  so  base 

So  false  as  mine  has  been  ; 
So  faithless  to  its  promises, 
So  prone  to  every  sin  ! 

3.  My  reason  tells  me,  thy  commands 

Are  holy,  just,  and  true  ; 
Tells  me,  whate'er  my  God  demands 
Is  his  most  righteous  due. 

4.  Reason  I  hear,  her  counsels  weigh, 

And  all  her  words  approve : 
But  stiil  I  find  it  hard  t*  obey, 
And  harder  yet  to  love. 

5.  How  long,  dear  Saviour,  shall  I  feel 

These  struggles  in  my  breast  ? 
When  wilt  thou  bow  my  stubborn  will, 
And  give  my  conscience  rest  ? 

6.  Break,  sov'rei^n  grace,  O  break  the  charm, 

And  set  the  captive  free  : 
Reveal,  Almighty  God,  thine  arm, 
And  haste  to  rescue  me. 

Hymn  159.     c.  if. 

1.  Q*  IN,  like^  venemous  disease, 
O  Infects  our  vital  blood : 
The  only  balm  is  sov'reign  grace, 
And  the  physician  God, 


1*4  THE  FALL  AND 

2.  Our  beauty  and  cur  strength  are  fled. 

And  we  draw  near  to  death  : 
Eut  Christ,  the  Lord,  recalls  the  dead 
With  his  almighty  breath. 

3.  Madness,  by  nature,  reigns  within, 

The  passions  burn  and  rage, 
Till  God's  own  Son  with  skill  divine 
The  inward  fire  assuage. 

4*  The  man,  possess' d  among  the  tombs 
Cuts  his  own  fiesh,  and  cries ; 
He  foams  and  raves,  till  Jesus  comes, 
And  the  foul  spirit  flies. 


Hymn  160.  cm. 

1.  fT*i  RE  AT  king  of  glory  and  of  grace  I 
Vj  We  own  with  humble  shame, 
How  vile  is  our  degen' rate  race, 

And  our  first  father's  name. 

2 .  From  Adam  flows  our  tainted  bluod, 

The  poison  reigns  within, 
Makes  us  averse  to  all  that's  good. 
And  willing  slaves  to  sin. 

3.  We  live  estrang'd  afar  from  God, 

And  love  the  distance  well ; 
With  haste  we  run  the  dang'rous  road 
That  leads  to  death  and  hell. 

4.  And  can  such  rebels  be  rectoi  'd  ? 

Such  natures  made  divine  I 

Let  sinners  see  thy  glory,  Lord, 

And  feel  this  pow'r  of  thine. 


Hymn  161.    l.  m. 

b  wild  leopards  of  the  m 
Put  off  the  spots  that  nature  gives  I 


1.  T    ET  the  wild  leopards  of  the  wood 


TEMPTATION  OF  MAN.  125 

I 

Then  may  the  wicked  turn  to  God, 

And  change  their  tempers  and  their  lives. 

2.  As  well  might  Ethiopian  slaves 
Wash  out  the  darkness  of  their  skin : 
The  dead  as  well  may  leave  their  graves, 
As  old  transgressors  cease  to  sin, 

3.  Where  vice  has  held  its  empire  long, 
'Twill  not  endive  the  least  controul ; 
None  but  a  pow'r  divinely  strong, 
Can  turn  the  current  of  the  soul. 

4.  Great  God!   I  own  thy   pow'r  divine, 
That  works  to  change  this  heart  of  mine  ; 
I  would  be  form'd  anew,  and  bless 

The  wonders  of  creating  grace. 

Hymn  162.  c.  ur. 

1 .  Q*  IN  has  a  thousand  trcach'rous  arts 
*J  To  practise  on  the  mind ; 

With  flattering  looks  she  tempts  our  hearts, 
But  leaves  a  sting  behind, 

2.  With  names  of  virtue  she  deceives 

The  aged  and  the  young ; 
And  while  the  heedless  wre*ch  believes. 
She  make  his  fetters  strong. 

3.  She  pleads  for  all  the  joys  she  brings, 

And  gives  a  fair  pretence  : 
But  cheats  the  soul  of  heav'nly  things. 
And  chains  it  down  to  sense. 

4.  So  on  a  tree  divinely  fair 

Grew  the  forbidden  food; 
Our  mother  took  the  poison  there, 
And  tainted  all  her  blood, 


B 


Hymn  163.  l.  m. 

ROAD  is  the  road  that  leads  to  death, 

And  thousands  walk  together  there; 

M  2 


126  THE  SCRIPTURES. 

But  wisdom  shews  the  narrow  path, 
With  here  and  there  a  traveller. 

2.  "  Deny  thyself  and  take  thy  cross," 
Is  the  Redeemer's  great  command  ! 
Nature  must  count  her  gold  but  dross, 
If  she  would  gain  this  heav'nly  land. 

S.  The  fearful  soul  that  tires  and  faints, 
And  walks  the  ways  of  God  no  more, 
Is  but  esteenvd  almost  a  saint, 
And  makes  his  own  destruction  sure. 


VI  THE  SCRIPTURES,  DOCTRIAES,  AND 
INVITATIONS  OF   THE    SCRIPTURES. 

i.  THE  SCRIPTURES. 
Hymn  164.  c.  m. 

1.  r  I  ^HE  Lord  descending  from  above, 
X    Invites  his  children  near  ; 
While  pow'r  and  truth,  and  boundless  love 
Display  their  glories  here. 
3.  Here,  in  thy  gospel's  wond'rous  frame, 
Fresh  wTisdom  we  pursue  ; 
A  thousand  angels  learn  thy  name, 
Beyond  whate'er  they  knew. 

3.  Thy  name  is  writ  in  fairest  lines, 

Thy  wonders  here  we  trace  ; 
Wisdom  thro'  all  the  myst'rics  shines, 

And  shines  in  Jesus'  face.  - 

4.  The  law  its  best  obedience  owes 

To  our  incarnate  Cod! 
And  thy  revenging  justice  shows 
Its  honours  in  his  blood, 


THE  SCRIPTURES.  l» 

5.  But  still  the  lustre  of  thy  grace 

Our  warmer  thoughts  employs, 
Gilds  the  whole  scene  with  brighter  rays^ 
And  more  exalts  our  joys. 


Hymn  165.  c.  m. 

1.  "I     ET  av'rice,  borne  from  shore  to  shore* 
1  a  Her  fav'rite  god  pursue  ; 

Thy  word,  O  Lord,  we  value  more, 
Than  India,  or  Peru. 

2.  Here  mines  of  knowledge,  love  and  joy 

Are  openM  to  our  sight : 
The  purest  gold  without  alloy, 
And  gems  divinely  bright. 

3.  The  counsels  of  redeeming  grace 

These  sacred  leaves  unfold  : 
And  here  the  Saviour's  lovely  face 
Our  raptur'd  eyes  behold. 

4.  Here  light  descending  from  above 

Directs  our  doubtful  feet, 
Here  promises  of  heavenly  love 
Our  ardent  wishes  meet. 

5.  Ournum'rous  griefs  are  here  redrest^. 

And  all  our  wants  supply  M  : 
Nought  we  can  ask  to  make  us  blest, 
Is  in  this  book  deny'd. 

6.  For  these  inestimable  gains 

Tiiat  so  enrich  the  mind, 
O  may  we  search  with  eager  pains, 
Assur'd  that  we  shall  find ! 


Hymn  166.  c.  m. 

I.    If  AT  HER  of  mercies,  in  thy  word 
JL    What  endless  glory  shines!. 


128  THE  SCRIPTURES, 

For  ever  be  thy  name  ador'd 
For  these  celestial  lines. 

2.  Here,  may  the  wretched  sons  of  want 

Exhaustless  riches  find ; 
Riches,  above  what  earth  can  grant, 
And  lasting  as  the  mind. 

3.  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows 

And  yields  a  free  repast, 
Sublime r  sweets  than  nature  knows, 
Invite  the  longing  taste. 

4.  Here,  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 

Spreads  heav'nly  peace  around ; 
And  life,  and  everlasting  joys 
Attend  the  blissful  sound. 

5.  O  may  these  heav'nly  pages  be 

My  ever  dear  delight ; 
And  still  new  beauties  may  I  see, 
And  still  increasing  light ! 

6.  Divine  instructor,  gracious  Lord  !  ! 

Be  thou  forever  near, 
Teach  me  to  love  thy  sacred  word, 
And  view  my  Saviour  there. 

Hymn  168,    i.  m. 

i.  /^i  OD,  in  the  Gospel  of  his  Son, 
v3T  Makes  his  eternal  counsels  known; 
'Tis  he:  *  :iis  richest  mercy  shines, 
A?  -  drawn  in  fairest  lines. 

2.  F<"v-  si]  .ics  of  a  humble  frame 

May  taste  his  grace,  and  learn  his  name; 
'Tis  v  pit  in  characters  of  blood 
erel)  just,  immensely  good. 

3.  ):  .-  In  i<:i)  thousand  ways, 
His  sou]  tg  charms  displays, 
Rec<   i   ;•     is  p<    ertjr  and  pains, 
And  tens  ins  love  in  melting  strains. 


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4.  Wisdom  its  dictates  here  imparts, 

To  form  our  minds,  to  cheer  our  hearts ; 
Its  infl'ence  makes  the  sinner  live, 
It  bids  the  drooping  saint  revive! 

5.  Our  raging-  passions  it  controuls, 
And  comfort  yields  to  contrite  souls; 
It  brings  a  better  world  in  view, 
And  guides  us  all  our  journey  thro.^ 

*.  May  this  blest  volume  ever  lie 

Close  to  my  heart,  and  near  rny  eye, 
?Till  life's  last  hour  my  soul  engage^ 
And  be  my  chosen  heritage  1 

Hymn  168.   l.  m. 

The  Gos/ielis  the  fiower  of Cod  to  w/i'c/f&n,  Rom.  1.1G, 
!.  T  "KTHAT  shall  the  dying  sinner  do, 
V  V    Tnat  seeks  relief  for  all  his  woe ! 

Where  shall  the  guilty  conscience  find 

Ease  for  the  torment  of  the  mind  ? 

2.  Kow  shall  we  get  our  crimes  forgiv'n, 
Or  form  our  natures  fit  for  heav'n  ? 
Can  souls  all  o'er  denTd  with  sin, 

Make  their  own  pow'rs  and  passions  clean  ? 

3.  In  vain  we  search,  in  vain  we  try, 
Till  Jesus  brings  his  gospel  nigh  ; 

9  Ha  there  the  power  and  glory  dwell, 
Tnat  save  rebellious  souls  from  hell. 

4.  This  is  the  pillar  of  our  hope, 
Which  bears  our  fainting  spirits  up  ; 
We  read  the  grace,  we  trust  the  word, 
And  find  salvation  in  the  Lord. 


I.  QH 


Hymn  169.    cm. 

ALL  Atheists  dare  insult  the  cross 
Of  our  incarnate  God  I 


13d  THE  SCRIPTURES. 

Shall  Infidels  revile  his  truth, 
And  trample  on  his  blood  ? 

2.  What  if  he  choose  mysterious  ways 

To  cleanse  us  from  our  faults  ? 
May  not  the  works  of  sov'reign  grace 
Transcend  our  feeble  thoughts  ? 

3.  What  if  his  gospel  bids  us  strive 

With  flesh,  and   self,  and  sin  ? 
The  prize  is  most  divinely  bright, 
That  we  are  cail'd  to  win. 

4.  What  if  the  men,  despis'd  on  earth, 

Still  of  his  grace  partake  ? 
This  but  confirms  his  truth  the  more, 
For  so  the  prophet  spake. 

5.  Then  let  our  faith  be  firm  and  strong, 

Our  lips  profess  his  word  ; 
Nor  ever  shun  those  holy  men 
Who  fear  and  love  the  Lord. 

Hymn  170.  l.  m. 

1.  rTHHTS  is  the  word  of  truth  and  love, 

JL     Sent  to  the  nations  from  above ; 
Jehovah  here  resolves  to  shew 
What  his  Almighty  grace  can  do. 

2.  This  remedy  did  wisdom  find, 
To  heal  diseases  of  the  mind  ; 

This  sovereign  balm,  whose  virtues  can 
Restore  the  ruin'd  creature,  man. 

3.  The  gospel  bids  the  dead  revive, 
Sinners  obey  the  voice  and  live  ; 

Dry  bones  are  rais'd,  and  cloth'd  afresh, 
And  hearts  of  stone  are  turned  to  flesh. 

4.  May  but  this  grace  my  soul  renew, 
Let  Binners  gaze  and  hate  me  too  ; 
The  word  that  saves  me  does  engage 
A  sure  defence  from  all  their  rage. 


THE  SCRIPTURES.  13? 

Hymn  171.   l.   m. 

L.  ,rT^ WAS  by  an  order  from  the  Lord, 

JL     The  ancient  prophets  spoke  his  word  ; 

His  Spirit  did  their  tongues  inspire, 

And  warm'd  their  hearts  with  heav'nly  fire. 
3.  The  works  and  wonders  which  they  wrought, 

ConfirmYi  the  messages  they  brought  ; 

The  prophet's  pen  succeeds  his  breath, 

To  save  the  holy  words  from  death. 

3.  Great  God  !  mine  eyes  with  pleasure  look 
On  the  dear  volume  of  thy  book  : 

There  my  Redeemer's  face  I  see, 
And  read  his  name  who  died  for  me. 

4.  Let  the  false  raptures  of  the  mind 
Be  lost  and  vanish  in  the  wind : 
Here  I  can  fix  my  hope  secure  ; 
This  is  thy  word,  and  must  endure. 

Hymn  172,   c.  m. 

1 .  "XT'  E  sons  of  earth  prepare  the  plough  ; 

X     Break  up  the  fallow  ground ! 
The  sower  is  gone  forth  to  sow, 
And  scatter  b!es:nngs  round. 

2.  The  seed  that  finds  a  stony  soil,  ' 

Shoots  forth  a  hasty  blade  ; 
But  ill  repays  the  sower's  toil : 

Soon  wither'd,  scorch'd,  and  dead. 

3.  The  thorny  ground  is  sure  to  baulk 

All  hopes  of  harvest  there ; 
We  find  a  tall  and  sickly  stalk, 
But  net  the  fruitful  ear. 
^.  The  beaten  path  and  highway  side 
Receive  the  word  in  vain  ; 
The  watchful  birds  the  spoil  divide, 
i  pick  up  all  ii 


132  THE  SCRIPTURES. 

5.  But  where  the  Lord  of  grace  and  powV 

lias  bless'd  the  happy  field, 
How  plenteous  is  the  golden  store 
The  deep -wrought  furrows  yield? 

6.  Father  of  mercies,  we  have  need 

Of  thy  preserving  grace; 
Let  the  same  hand  that  gives  the. seed? 
Provide  a  fruitful  place. 

Hymn  173.  c.  m. 

Tky  word  is  a  lamp  to  my  feet.  Psalm  cxix.  10j, 

1.  TTOW  precious  is  the  book  divine, 
JLjL  By  inspiration  giv'n ! 

Bright  as  a  lamp  its  doctrines  shine, 
To  guide  our  souls  to  heav'n. 

2.  It  sweetly  cheers  our  drooping  hearts 

In  this  dark  vale  of  tears ; 
Life,  light,  and  joy,  it  still  imparts, 
And  quells  our  rising  fears. 

3.  This  lamp  thro'  all  the  tedious  night 

Of  life  shall  guide  our  way, 
Till  we  behold  the  clearer  light 
Of  an  eternal  day. 

Hymn  174.  c.  m. 

1 .  T    ADEN  with  guilt,  and  full  of  fears, 
J^i   I  fly  to  thee,  my  Lord, 

And  not  a  glimpse  of  hope  appears, 
But  in  thy  written  word. 

2.  The  volume  of  my  Father's  grace 

Does  all  my  grief  assuage : 
Here  I  behold  my  Saviour's  face 

Almost  in  ev'ry  page, 
o.  This  is  the  field  where  hidden  lies 

The  pearl  of  price  unknown; 
That  merchant  is  divinely  wise, 

Who  makes  the  pearl  his  own. 


DOCTRINALc  135 

<.  Here  consecrated  water  flows 
To  quench  my  thirst  of  sin ; 
Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  gro. 
Nor  danger  dwells  therein. 

5.  This  is  the  Judge  that  ends  the  strife. 

Where  wit  and  reason  fail ; 
,  My  guide  to  everlasting  life, 
Thro'  all  this  gloomy  vale. 

6.  Oh  I  may  thy  counsels,  mighty  God ! 

My  roving  feet  command ; 
Nor  I  forsake  the  happy  road 
That  leads  to  thy  right  hand. 


2.  DOCTRINAL. 
Hymn  175.   c.  m, 

Sod  glorious  and  Sinners  saved.  Isaiah  xliv. 
U  T7  AT  HER,  how  wide  thy  glory  shines! 
Jl     How  high  thy  wonders  rise  ! 
Known  thro'  the  earth  by  thousand  signs, 
By  thousands  through  the  skies. 

2.  Part  of  .thy  name  divinely  stands 

On  all  thy  creatures  writ. 
They  shew  the  labour  of  thine  hands, 
Or  impress  of  thy  feet. 

3.  But  when  we  view  thy  strange  design 

To  save  rebellious  worms, 
Where  vengeance  and  compassion  join 
In  their  divinest  forms  ; 

4.  Here  the  whole  Deity  is  known, 

Nor  dare  a  creature  guess 
Which  of  the  glories  brightest  shone, 
The  justice  or  the  grace. 
N 


134  DOCTRINAL, 

5.  Now  the  full  glories  of  the  Lamb 

Adorn  the  heav'nly  plains; 
Sweet  cherubs  learn  Immanuel's  name, 
And  try  their  choicest  strains. 

6.  O  may  I  bear  some  humble  part 

In  that  immortal  song- ! 
Wonder  and  joy  shall  tune  my  heart, 
And  love  command  my  tongue. 

Hymn  176.  c.  u. 

Salvation  by  grace.     Titus  iii.  4-7. 

1 .  T    ORD  we  confess  our  num'rous  faults, 
JLd  How  great  our  guilt  has  been ; 
Foolish  and  vain  were  all  our  thoughts, 

And  all  our  lives  were  sin. 

2.  But,  O  my  soul,  for  ever  praise, 

Tor  ever  love  his  name, 
Who  turns  thy  feet  from  dang'rou's  ways 
Of  folly,  sin,  and  shame. 
3. 5Tis  not  by  works  of  righteousness 
Which  our  own  hands  have  done ; 
But  we  are  sav'd  by  sov'reign  grace, 
Abounding  through  his  Son. 
4,  'Tis  from  the  mercy  of  our  God 
That  all  our  hopes  begin  ; 
'Tis  by  the  water  and  the  blood 
Our  souls  are  wavhM  from  bin. 
3.  'Tis  through  the  purchase  of  bib  death, 
Who  hung  upon  the  tree, 
The  Spirit  is  sent  down  tobreat'  I 
On  such  dry  bones  us  we. 
6,  Rais'd  from  the  dead,   we  live  UK 
And  justify  Yi  by  ^\\iry 
We  shall  appeal  in  glory  too, 
r.:  &  see  our  father's  tV.ce. 


DOCTRINAL.  1*5 

Hymn  177.  s.  if. 

1.  r  I  ^HE  Lord  on  high  proclaims 

X    His  Godhead  from  bis  throne ; 
u  Mercy  and  justice  are  the  names 
"  By  which  I  will  be  known. " 

2.  "  Ye  dying  souls  that  sit 

u  In  darkness  and  distress, 
*  Look  from  the  borders  of  the  pit 
"  To  my  recov'ring  grace." 

3.  Sinners  shall  hear  the  sound; 

Their  thankful  tongues  shall  own  t 
u  Our  righteousness  and  strenth  is  found 

"  In  thee,  the  Lord,  alone. '* 

4.  In  thee  shall  Israel  trust, 
And  see  their  guilt  forgiv'n ; 
God  will  pronounce  believers  just, 
And  take  the  saints  to  heav'm 


Hymn  178.  c.  m. 

The  different  success  of  the  gosficl.     1 .  Cor.  i.  23,  24. 
2.  Cor.  ii.  16.     1.  Cor.  iii.  6,  7. 

1.  ^1  HRIST  and  his  cross  are  all  our  theme, 
V_y    The  myst'ries  that  we  speak 

Are  scandal  in  the  Jews  esteem, 
And  folly  to  the  Greek. 

2.  But  souls  enlighten'd  from  above 

With  joy  receive  the  word  ; 
They  see  what  wisdom,  pow'r  and  love, 
Shine  in  their  dying  Lord. 

3.  The  vital  savour  of  his  name 

Restores  their  fainting  breath  ; 
But  unbelief  perverts  the  same 
Tj  guilt,  despair,  and  death. 


136  DOCTRINAL 

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4.  Till  God  diffuse  his  graces  down. 
Like  show'rs  of  heav'nly  rain, 
In  vain  Apoilos  sows  the  ground, 
And  Paul  may  plant  in  vain. 

Hymn  179.    cm. 

Regeneration.     John  i.  13.  and  iii.  3,  &e,. 

1.  "^TOT  all  the  outward  forms  on  earth, 
XN     Nor  rites  that  God' has  giv'ii, 
Nor  will  of  man,  nor  blood,  nor  birth, 

Can  raise  a  soul  to  heav'n. 

2.  The  sovereign  will  of  God  alone 

Creates  us  heirs  of  grace  ; 
Born  in  the  image  of  his  Son, 
A  new,  peculiar  race. 

3.  The  Spirit,  like  some  heav'nly  wind? 

Breathes  on  the  sons  of  flesh  ; 
New-models  all  tjie  carnal  mind, 
And  forms  the  man  afresh. 

4.  Our  quicken'd  souls  awake  and  rise 

From  the  long  sleep  of  death  ; 

On  heav'nly  things  we  fix  bur  eyes, 

And  praise  employs  our  breath. 

Hymn  ISO.   cm. 

1.  A    TTEND,  while  God's  exalted  Son 
Xjl  Doth  his  own  glories  shew  : 

"  Behold  I  sit  upon  my  throne," 
"Creating  all  things  new." 

2.  "Nature  and  sin  are  pass'd  away," 

"  And  the  old  Adam  dies ;" 
"My  hands  a  new  foundation  lay," 
"See  the  new  world  arise  1" 

3.  "Til  be  a  sun  of  righteousness" 

"To  the  new  heavens  I  make ;  * 


DOCTRINAL.  137 

"  None  but  the  new-born  heirs  of  grace  " 
"My  glories  shall  partake." 

4.  Mighty  Redeemer!  set  me  free 
From  my  old  state  of  sin ; 
Oh,  make  my  soul  alive  to  thee, 
Renew  and  make  me  clean. 


Hymn  181.    s.  m. 

Adoption.     1.  John  iii.  1.  See.    Gal.  IV.  6.) 

1.  T)  EHOLD  what  wond'rous  grace 
jD  The  Father  has  bestow'd 

On  sinners  of  a  mortal  race, 
To  call  them  sons  of  God ! 

2.  'Tisno  surprising  thing, 
That  we  should  be  unknown  ; 

The  Jewish  world  knew  not  their  King, 
God's  everlasting  Son. 

3.  Nor  doth  it  yet  appear 

How  great  we  must  be  made  : 
But  when  we  see  our  Sa\iour  here, 
We  shall  be  like  our  head, 

4.  A  hope  so  much  divine 
May  trials  well  endure, 

May  purge  our  souls  from  sense  and  sin$ , 
As  Christ  the  Lord  is  pure. 

^.  If  in  my  father's  love 
I  share  a  filial  part, 
Send  down  thy  Spirit  like  a  dove, 
To  rest  upon  my  heart. 

6.  We  would  no  longer  lie 

Like  slaves  beneath  the  throne  : 
My  faith  shall  Abba,  Father,  cry, 
And  thou  the  kindred  own. 
N  2 


m  DOCTRINAL. 

Hymn  182.  l.  m. 

Christians  the  Sons  of  God.  John  i.  12.    1.  John  iii.  1, 

1.  ^JOT  a11  *c  nobles  of  the  earth, 

X^l    Who  boast  the  honours  of  their  birth, 

Such  real  dignity  can  claim, 

As  those  who  bear  the  Christian  name. 

2.  To  them  the  privilege  is  giv'n 

To  be  the  Sons  and  heirs  of  Heav'n : 
Sons  of  the  God  who  reigns  on  high, 
And  heirs  of  joy  beyond  the  sky. 

3.  His  will  he  makes  them  early  know, 
And  teaches  their  young  feet  to  go  ; 
Whispers  instruction  to  their  minds, 
And  on  their  hearts  nis  precepts  binds. 

4.  Their  daily  wants  his  hands  supply, 
Their  steps  he  guards  with  watchful  eye, 
Leads  them  from  earth  to  hea\'A  above, 
And  crowns  them  with  eternal  love. 

5.  If  I've  the  honour,  Lord,  to  be 
One  of  this  num'rous  family, 
On  me  the  gracious  gift  bestow* 
To  call  thee  Abba,  Father!  too. 

6.  So  may  my  conduct  ever  prove 
My  fiiial  piety  and  love ! 

Whilst  all  my  brethren  clearly  trace 
Their  Father's  likeness  in  my  face. 

Hymn  183.   c.  m. 

Walking  with  God.  Gen.  v.  ■ 
\.  (f~\H  for  a  closer  walk  with  God, 
\Jf  A  calm  and  hcav'nly  frame  ; 
And  light  to  shine  upon  the  Road 
That  lead*  me  to  the  Lamb! 
v  V.  hi  re  is  the  blessedness  I  knew 
en  first  I  saw  the  Lord  I 


DOCTRINAL.  t3S 

Where  is  the  soul-refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus,  and  his  word  ? 

3.  What  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoy'd!. 

How  sweet  their  mem'ry  still ! 
But  they  have  left  an  aching  void, 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4.  Return,  O  holy  Dove,  return, 

Sweet  messenger  of  rest  ! 
I  hate  the  sins  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 

5.  The  dearest  idol  I  have  known,. 

Whate'er  that  idol  be, 
Help  me  to  tear  it  from  thy  throne, 
And  worship  only  thee. 

£.  So  shall  my  walk  be  close  with  God, 

Calm  and  serene  my  frame  ; 

So  purer  light  shall  mark  the  road 

That  leads  me  to  the.  Lamb. 


Hymn  184.  l.  m. 

Religion  vain  tuithout  love.      1.  Cor.  xiii.  1,  2,  3< 

1.  T  TAD  I  the  tongues  of  Greeks  and  Jews, 
JL~1   And  nobler  speech  than  Angels  use., 
Ii  love  be  absent,  I  am  found, 

Like  tinkling  brass,  an  empty  sound, 

2.  Were  Linspir'd  to  preach  and  tell 
All  that  is  done  in  heav'n  and  hell  ; 
Or  could  my  faith  the  world  remove, 
Still  I  am  nothing  without  love. 

3.  Should  I  distribute  all  my  store, 
To  feed  the  bowels  of  the  poor, 
Or  give  my  body  to  the  flame, 

To  gain  a  martyr's  glorious  name  ; 


MO  DOCTRINAL, 

4.  If  love  to  God,  and  love  to  men, 
Be  absent,  all  my  hopes  are  vain  ; 
Nor  tongues,  nor  gifts,  nor  fiery  zeal 
The  work  of  love  can  e'er  fulfil. 

Hymn  185.  c.  m.    , 

1.  O  TRAIT  is  the  way,  the  door  is  strait, 
k3    That  leads  to  joys  on  high  ; 

3Tis  but  a  few  that  find  the  gate, 
While  crowds  mistake,  and  die. 

2.  Beloved  self  must  be  deny'd, 

The  mind  and  will  renew'd, 
Passion  suppressed,  and  patience  try'dr 
And  vain  desires  subdu'd. 

3.  Flesh  is  a  dang'rous  foe  to  grace, 

Where  it  prevails  and  rules  ; 
Flesh  must  be  humbled,  pride  abas'd, 
Lest  they  destroy  our  souls. 

4.  The  love  of  gold  be  banish'd  hence, 

(That  vile  idolatry) 
And  ev'ry  member,  ev'ry  sense, 
In  swTeet  subjection  lie. 

5.  The  tongue,  that  most  unruly  pow'r, 

Requires  a  strong  restraint  ; 
We  must  be  watchful  cv'ry  hour, 

And  pray,  but  never  faint. 
f.Lordi  can  a  feeble,  helpless  worm 

Fulfil  a  task  so  hard  ! 
Thy  grace  must  all  my  work  perform, 

And  give  the  free  reward. 

Hymn  186.  c.  m. 
Si?i8  and  forrovts  laid  before  God.  Job  xxiii.  3,  4.- 
1,  /^\H  that  I  knew  the  secret  place, 
Vy  Where  I  might  find  my  G'odi 


DOCTRINAL.  Ml 

W  spread  my  wants  before  his  face, 
And  pour  my  woes  abroad. 

2.  I'd  tell  him  how  my  sins  arise, 

What  sorrows  I  sustain  ; 
How  grace  decays,  and  comfort  dies* 
And  leaves  my  heart  in  pain. 

3.  He  knows  what  arguments  Vd  take 

To  wrestle  with  my  God  ; 
I'd  plead  for  his  own  mercy's  sake* 
And  for  my  Saviour's  blood. 

4.  My  God  will  pity  my  complaints, 

And  heal  my  broken  bones  ; 
He  takes  the  meaning  of  his  saints* 
The  language  of  their  groans. 

5.  Arise,  my  soul  from  deep  distress, 

^Vnd  banish  ev'ry  fear  ; 
He  calls  thee  to  his  throne  of  grace, 
To  spread  thy  sorrows  there. 

Hymn  187.  L.  m. 

1.  TESUS,  my  Saviour  and  my  God, 

el    Thou  hast  redeem'd  me  with  thy  blood  i 
By  ties  both  nat'ral  and  divine 
I  am,  and  ever  v, ill  be  thine. 

2.  But  ah  !  should  my  inconstant  heart, 
Ere  I'm  aware,  iVom  thee  depart, 
What  dire  reproach  would  fall  on  me, 
For  such  ingratitude  to  thee  ! 

3.  The  thought  I  dread,  the  crime  I  hate* 
The  guilt,  the  shame,  I  deprecate  : 
And  yet  so  mighty  are  my  foes 

I  dare  not  trust  my  warmest  vows. 

4.  Pity  my  fr.  jlty,  dearest  Lord, 

ce  in  the  needful  hour  afford  : 
O  steel  this  tim'rous  heart  of  mint*. 
With  fortitude  and  love  divine.. 


142  DOCTRINAL, 

5.  So  shall  I  triumph  o'er  my  fears, 
And  gather  joys  from  all  my  tears  : 
So  shall  I  to  the  world  proclaim 
The  honours  of  the  Christian  name. 

Hymn  188.    s.  u. 

Salvation  by  grace,      Eph.  ii.  5. 

1 .  /^1  RACE  !  'tis  a  charming  sound  ! 
VJT   Harmonious  to  the  ear  ! 
Heav'n  with  the  echo  shall  resound* 
And  all  the  earth  shalL  hear. 

£.  Grace  first  contriv'd  a  way 
To  save  rebellious  man, 
And  all  the  steps  that  grace  display,. 
Which  drew  the  wond'rous  plan, 

3.  Grace  led  my  roving  feet 

To  tread  the  heav'nly  road  ; 
And  new  supplies  each  hour  I  meet, 
While  pressing  onto  God. 

4.  Grace  all  the  work  shall  crownr 

Tnro'  everlasting  days ; 
It  lays  in  heav'n  the  topmcst  stone, 
And  well  deserves  the  praise. 


Hymn 


189.   c.  M. 


1.  TF  Ood  to  build  the  house  deny, 
JL   Trie  builders  work  in  vain  ; 
Arid  towns,  with, out  his  wakeful  eye, 

An  useless  watch>maintain. 

2.  Before  the  irorning-beams  arise, 

Your  pidnful  work  renew  ; 
And  'till  the  stars  ascend  the  skies 
Your  tiresome  toil  pursue. 

3.  Short  be  your  sleep,  and  coarse  your  fare  ; 

In  vain,  till  God  has  blest  ', 


DOCTRINAL.  143 

But  if  his  smiles  attend  your  care, 

You  shall  have  food  and  rest. 
4.  Nor  children,  relatives,  nor  friends, 

Shall  real  blessings  prove  ; 
Nor  all  the  earthly  joys  he  sends, 

If  sent  without  his  love. 

Hymn  190.  l.  m. 

1.  "  /^i  URS'D  be  the  man,  forever  curs'd, 

\^y   "  That  doth  one  wilful  sin  commit  ; 
"  Death  and  damnation  on  the  first, 
"  Without  relief  and  infinite." 

2.  Thus  Sinai  roars  ;  and  round  the  earth 

Thunder  and  fire  and  vengeance  flings  ; 
But,  Jesus,  thy  dear  gasping  breath, 
And  Calvary  says  gentler  things  ; 

3.  "  Pardon  and  grace,  and  boundless  love, 

"  Streaming  along  a  Saviour's  blood  ; 
"  And  life,  and  joys,  and  crowns  above, 
"  Obtained  by  the  redeeming  God." 

4.  Hark,  how  he  prays,  (the  charming  sound 

Dwells  on  his  dying  lips)  "  forgive  ;" 
And  ev'ry  groan,  and  gaping  wound, 
Cries,  "  Father  let  the  rebels  live." 

5.  Go  you  that  rest  upon  die  law, 

And  toil  and  seek  salvation  there  ; 
Look  to  the  flame  that  Moses  saw, 

And  shrink,  and  tremble,  and  despair. 

6.  But  I'll  retire  beneath  the  cross  : 

Saviour,  at  thy  dear  feet  I  he  ; 
And  the  keen  sword  that  justice  draws, 
Flaming  and  red,  shall  pass  me  by, 

Hymn  191.    c.  m. 

m 

Our  duty  to  God.    Exod.  xx.  3 — .12. 
1.  rT^IIAT  God,  who  made  the  worlds  on  high, 
X     And  air,  and  earlh,  and  sea, 


I  U  DOCTRINAL. 

Own  as  thy  God,  and  to  his  name 
In  homage  bow  the  knee. 

2.  Let  not  a  shape  which  hands  have  wrought 

Of  wood,   or  clay,  or  stone, 
Be  deem'd  thy  God,  nor  think  him  like 
Aught  thou  hast  seen  or  known. 

3.  Take  not  in  vain  the  name  of  God  : 

Nor  must  thou  ever  dare, 
To  make  thy  falsehood  pass  for  truth, 
By  his  dread  name  to  swear. 

4.  That  day  on  which  he  bids  thee  rest 

From  toil,  to  pray  and  praise. 
That  day  keep  holy  to  the  Lord, 
And  consecrate  its  rays. 

5.  O  may  that  God,  who  gave  these  laws, 

Write  them  on  ev'ry  heart, 
That  all  may  feel  their  living  pow'r, 
Nor  from  his  paths  depart ! 

Hymn  192.   c.  M# 

The  glorious  go«}iel  of  the  blessed  God,    1 .  Tim.  i.  1 1  • 
2.  TI7HAT  wisdom,  majesty  and  grace 
V  V    Thro'  all  the  gospel  shine  !  " 
*Tis  God  that  speaks  and  we  confess 
The  doctiine  most  divine, 

2.  Down  from  his  starry  throne  on  high, 
Th*  almighty  Saviour  comes; 
Lays  his  bright  robes  of  glory  by, 
And  feeble  flesh  assumes. 
i.  The  mi  I  sinners  ow'd, 

Upon  the  etas  he  pays: 
Then  thro1  th<  rends  to  God, 

-     Midst  Heftiest  praise, 

4.  There  he  our  Priest  appears, 

Before  his  Fal  rone: 


INVITING.  145 

"Mingles  his  merits  with  our  tears, 
And  pours  salvation  down. 

5.  Great  God  with  rev'rence  we  adore    „ 
Thy  justice  and  thy  grace  ; 
And  on  thy  faithfulness  and  pow'r 
Our  firm  dependence  place. 

Hymn  193.  c.  m. 

1.  /^1  ENTILES  by  nature,  we  belong 
\J  To  the  wild  olive  wood : 
Grace  takes  us  from  the  barren  tree, 
And  grafts  us  in  the  good. 

'.  With  the  same  blessings  grace  endows 
The  Gentile  and  the  Jew ; 
If  pure  and  holy  be  the  root, 
Such  are  the  branches  too. 

3.  Then  let  the  children  of  the  saints 

I3e  dedicate  to  God ; 
Pour  out  thy  spirit  on  them,  Lord,  \ 

And  wash  them  in  thy  blood. 

4.  Thus  to  the  parents  and  their  seed 

Shall  thy  salvation  come, 
And  num'rous  households  meet  at  last 
In  one  eternal  home. 


3.  INVITING. 
Hymn  194,  cm. 

The  Saviour's  invitation,     John  vii.   37 

THE  Saviour  calls — let  ev'ry  ear, 
Attend  the  hcav'nly  sound: 
Ye  doubting  souls,  dismiss  your  fear, 
Hope  smiles  reviving  round. 
o 


146  INVITING. 

2.  For  ev'ry  thirsty,  longing  heart, 

Here  streams  of  bounty  flow, 
And  life,  and  health,  and  bliss  impart 
To  banish  mortal  woe. 

3.  Here  springs  of  sacred  pleasure  rise 

To  ease  your  every  pain, 
(Immortal  fountain  !  full  supplies  !) 
Nor  shall  you  thirst  in  vain. 

4.  Ye  sinners,  come,  'tis  mercy's  voice, 

The  gracious  call  obey  ; 
Mercy  invites  to  heav'nly  joys — 
And  can  you  yet  delay  ? 

5.  Dear  Saviour,  draw  reluctant  hearts, 

To  thee  let  sinners  fly  ; 
And  take  the  bliss  thy  love  imparts, 
And  drink,  and  never  die. 


Hymn  195.  l.  m. 

Christ*  s  invitation  to  sinners.      Matt.  xi.  28-3d« 

1."  /^  OME-liither,  all  ye  weary  souls, 
u  %^y  Ye  heavy  laden  sinners  come, 
"  I'll  give  you  vest  from  all  your  toils, 
u  And  raise  you  to  my  heav'nly  home. 

2."  They  shall  find  rest  that  learn  of  me: 
"  I'm  of  a  meek  and  lowly  mind: 
"  But  passion  rages  like  the  sea, 
"  And  pride  is  restless  as  the  wind. 

3."  Bless'd  is  the  man  whose  shoulders  take 
"  My  yoke,  o.nd  bear  it  with  delight! 
"  My  yoke  Is  easy  to  his  neck, 
"  My  grace  shall  make  the  burden  light/1 

4.  Jesus,  we  come  at  thy  command, 

Lth,  Mid  hope,  and  humble  zeal, 
Resign  our  spirits  to  thy  hand, 

To  mould  and  guide  us  at  thy  will. 


INVITING.  UT 

Hymn  196.   l.  m. 
Weary  souls  invited  to  rest.     Matt.  xi.  28. 
! ,  /^i  OME,  weary  souls,  with  sin  distrest, 
V_y  Come  and  accept  the  promis'd  rest  ;. 
The  Saviour's  gracious  call  obey, 
And  cast  your  gloomy  fears  away. 

2.  Oppressed  with  guilt,  a  painful  load; 
O  come,  and  spread  your  woes  abroad. 
Divine  compassion,  mighty  love 

I  all  the  painful  load  remove. 

3.  Here  mercy's  boundless  ocean  flows, 

To  cleanse  your  guilt  and  heal  your  woes; 
Pardon  and  life,  and  endless  peace ; 
How  rich  the  gift  !  how  free  the  grace ! 

4.  Lord,  we  accept  with  thankful  heart, 
The  hope  thy  gracious  words  impart ; 
We  come  with  trembling,  yet  rejoice. 
And  bless  the  kind  inviting  voice. 


Hymn  197.   s.  m. 

1.  T>  AISE  your  triumphant  songs, 
JL\  To  an  immortal  tunc. 

Let  the  wide  earth  resound  the  deeds 
Celestial  grace  has  done. 

2.  Sing  how  eternal  love 
Its  chief  beloved  chose, 

And  bade  him  raise  our  wretched  race 
From  their  abyss  of  woes. 

3.  His  hand  no  thunder  bears, 
No  terror  clothes  his  brow  ; 

No  bolts  to  drive  our  guiity  souls 
To  fiercer  flames  below. 

4.  Twas  mercy  fili'd  the  throne, 
And  wrath  stood  silent  by, 


148  INVITING. 

When  Christ  was  sent  with  pardon  dowi: 
To  rebels  doom'd  to  die. 

5.  Now,  sinners,  dry  your  tears, 
Let  hopeless  sorrow  cease ; 
Bcw  to  the  sceptre  of  his  love, 
And  take  the  offer'd  peace. 

Hymn   198.  c.  m-. 

1 .  T    ET  ev'ry  mortal  ear  attend, 

I  j  And  ev'ry  heart  rejoice ;  - 

The  trumpet  of  the  gospel  sounds. 

With  an  inviting  voice. 
3.  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here, 

In  a  rich  ocean  join ; 
Salvation  in  abundance  flows, 

Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 

3.  The  happy  gates  of  gospel  grace, 

Stand  open  night  and  day ; 
Lord,  we  are  come  to  seek  supplies, 

And  drive  cur  wants  away. 

Hymn  199.     c.  m. 

FOR  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing 
My  dear  Redeemer's  praise  I 
The  glories  of  my  God  and  King, 
Tke  triumphs  of  his  grace. 

2.  My  gracious  Master  and  my  Cod, 
Assist  me  to  proclaim, 

To  spread  through  all  the  earth  abroad 
The  honours  of  thy  name. 

3.  Jesus,  the  name  that  calms  our  fears, 
That  bids  our  sorrows  cease  : 

•   'Tis  music  in  the  sinners  ears  ; 
'Tis  life  and  health  and  peace. 

<>.  He  breaks  the  pow'r  of  cancelFd  sin,. 
He  sets  the  prfPner  free1 •> 


INVITING.  149 

His  blood  can  make  the  foulest  clean  j 
His  blood  avail'd  for  me. 

5.  Look  unto  him,  ye  nations,  own 

Your  God,  ye  fallen  race  ; 
Look,  and  be  sav'd  through  faith  alone? 
Be  justify *d  by  grace  ! 

6.  See  all  your  sins  on  Jesus  laid  ! 

The  Lamb  of  God  was  slain ; 
His  soul  was  once  an  ofPring  made3 
For  ev'ry  soul  of  man. 

7.  With  me— ye  then  your  Lord  shall  know  ; 

Shall  feel  your  sins  forgiv'n  ; 
Anticipate  your  heav'n  below, 
And  own  that  love  is  heav'n. 

Hymn  2C0.  p.  m. 

1  \  /^i  OME,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy, 
V— /    Weak  and  wounded,  sick  and  sore> 
Jesus  ready  stands  to  save  you, 
Full  of  pity,  love,  and  pow'r; 

He  is  able, 
He  is  willing,  doubt  no  more. 

2.  Now,  ye  needy,  come  and  welcome, 

God's  free  bounty  glorify ; 
Hope  and  Love,  Faith  and  Repentance, 
Are  but  gifts  which  bring  you  nigh ; 

Without  money 
Come  to  Jesus  Christ  and  buy. 

3.  Let  not  conscience  make  you  linger; 

Nor  of  fitness  fondly  dream: 
All  the  fitness  he  requireth, 
Is,  to  feel  your  need  of  him  : 

This  he  gives  you, 
'Tis  the  Spirit's  glimnVring  beam; 

4.  Come,  ye  weary,  heavy -laden'd, 

Bruis'd  and  mangled  by  trhe  fell, 
0  2 


HO  INVITING. 

If  you  tarry  till  you're  better, 
You  will  never  come  at  all ; 

Not  the  righteous ; 
Sinners,  Jesus  came  to  call. 

Hymn  201.   l.  m. 

1.  /^i  OME,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast; 
V_y   Let  ev'ry  soul  be  Jesu's  guest; 
Ye  need  not  one  be  left  behind ; 

For  God  hath  bidden  all  mankind. 

2.  Sent  by  my  Lord,  on  you  I  call ; 
The  invitation  is  to  all ; 

Come  all  the  world  !  come,  sinner,  thou ! 
All  things  in  Christ  are  ready  now. 

3.  Come,  all  ye  souls,  by  sin  oppress'd, 
Ye  restless  wand'rers  after  rest ; 

Ye  poor,  and  maim'd,  and  halt,  and  blind, 
In  Christ  a  hearty  welcome  find. 

4.  My  message  as  from  God  receive ; 
Ye  all  may  come  to  Christ  and  live, 
O  let  his  love  your  hearts  constrain*. 
Nor  suffer  him  to  die  in  vain  i 

5.  His  love  is  mighty  to  compel : 

His  conqu'ring  love  consent  to  feel ; 
Yield  to  his  love's  redeeming  pow'r, 
And  iight  against  your  God  no  more. 

6.  See  him  set  forth  before  your  eyes. 
That  precious  bleeding  sacrifice  ! 
His  offer'd  benefits  embrace, 

And  freely  now  be  sav'd  by  grace  ! 

his  is  the  time ;  no  more  delay  ! 
The  invitation  is  to-day ; 
Come  in  this  moment,  at  his  call) 
d  live  for  Urn  who  dy'd  for  all! . 


rs 


INVITING.  tttj 

Hymn  202.  l.  11. 
INNERS,  obey  the  gospel  word, 


Haste  to  the  supper  of  my  Lord : 
Be  wise  to  know  your  gracious  day, 
All  things  are  ready,  come  away. 

2.  Ready  the  Father  is  to  own, 
And  kiss  his  late -returning  son  ; 
Ready  your  loving  Saviour  stands, 
And  spreads  for  you  his  bleeding  hands  > 

3.  Ready  the  Spirit  of  his  love, 
Just  now  the  stony  to  remove ; 

T'  apply  and  witness  with  the  blood, 
And  wash  and  seal  the  sons  of  God. 

4.  Ready  for  you  the  Angels  wait, 
To  triumph  in  your  blest  estate : 
Tuning  their  harps,  they  long  to  praise 
The  wonders  of  redeeming  grace. 

5.  The  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Are  ready  with  their  shining  host : 
All  heav'n  is  ready  to  resound, 

"  The  dead's  alive !  the  lost  is  found  iJ* 

5.  Come  then,  ye  sinners,  to  your  Lord> 
In  Christ  to  paradise  restor'd : 
His  proffer'd  benefits  embrace, 
The  plenitude  of  gospel  grace. 

Hymn  203.  p.  m. 

1.  T)  LOW  ye  the  trumpet*  blow; 
JD  The  gladly  solemn  sound ; 
Let  all  the  nations  know, 

To  earth's  remotest  bound, 
The  year  of  Jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  Lome,  i 

2.  Extol  the  Lamb  of  God, 

The  sin-atoning  Lamb, 


i*2  AWAKENING. 

Redemption  by  his  blood 

Thro'  all  the  world  proclaim: 
The  year  of  Jubilee,  &c. 

3.  Ye,  who  have  sold  for  nought, 

The  heritage  above ; 
Shall  have  it  back  unbought. 
The  gift  of  Jcsu's  love  : 
The  year  of  Jubilee,  8cc. 

4.  Ye  slaves  of  sin  and  hell, 

Your  liberty  receive  ; 
And  safe  in  Jesus  dwell, 
And  blest  in  Jesus  live : 
The  year  of  Jubilee,  &c. 

5.  The  gospel  trumpet  hear, 

The  news  of  pard'ning  grace.* 
Ye  happy  souls  draw  near, 
Behold  your  Saviour's  face : 
The  year  of  Jubilee,  &c. 


VII  THE  CHRISTIANS  CHARACTER  AND 
GRACES. 

l.  AWAKENING. 

Hymn  204.  p.  u. 

Why  "Ml  ye  die  ?  0  house  of  Israel!    Ezek.  xviii.  3  L 
1.  QINNERS,  turn,  why  will  ye  die  ? 
*3   God,  your  Maker,  asks  you  why : 
God  who  did  your  being  give, 
Made  you  with  himself  to  live ; 
He  the  fatal  cause  demands, 
Asks  the  work  of  his  own  hands, 
Why,  ye  thankless  creatures,  why 
Will  vou  cross  his  love  and  die  J 


AWAKENING.  i5'; 

2.  Sinners,  turn,  why  will  yc  die  ? 
God,  your  Saviour,  asks  you  why : 
God)  who  did,  your  souls  retrieve, 
Dy'd  himself,  that  you  might  live. 
Will  you  let  him  die  in  vain  ? 
Crucify  your  Lord  again? 

Why,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  why 
Will  you  slight  his  grace,  and  die  ? 

3.  Sinners,  turn,  why  will  ye  die  ? 
God,  the  Spirit  asks  yen  why  : 

He,  who  would  your  passions  move> 
Woos  you  to  embrace  his  love : 
Will  you  not  the  grace  receive  ? 
Will  you  still  refuse  to  live  ? 
Why,  ye  long-sought  sinners,  why 
Will  you  grieve  your  God,  and  die  ? 

4.  Dead,  already  dead  within, 
Spiritually  dead  in  sin  ; 

Dead  to  God  while  here  you  breathe^ 
Pant  you  after  second  death  ? 
Will  you  still  in  sin  remain, 
Greedy  of  eternal  pain  ? 
O,  ye  dying  sinners,  why, 
Why  will  you  forever  die  ? 

Hymn  205.  c.  m. 

1.  1     OVERS  of  pleasure  more  than  God,, 
1  J   For  you,  Christ  siififer'd  pain  : 

Sv,  earers,  for  you  he  spilt  his  blood  ; 
And  shall  he  bleed  in  vain  ? 

2.  Misers,  his  life  for  you  he  paid, 

Your  basest  crimes  he  bore  : 
Drunkards,  on  him  your  sins  were  laid^ 
That  you  might  sin  no  mere. 

3.  The  God  of  love,  to  earth  he  came, 

That  you  might  come  to  lieu 


$54  AWAKENING. 

Believe,  believe,  on  Jesu's  name, 
And  see  your  sins  ibrgiv'n. 

4.  Believe  in  him  who  dy'd  for  thee  : 
And  sure  as  he  hath  dy'd, 
Thy  debt  is  paid,  thy  soul  is  free, 
And  thou  art  justify'd. 


Hymn  206,   c,  m. 

Conviction  of  sin  by  the  lanv,  Rom.  vii.  8,9,  14,  2-i> 

1.  T    ORD,  how  secure  my  conscience  was, 
I  a  And  felt  no  inward  dread ! 

I  was  alive  without  the  law, 

And  thought  my  sin3  were  dead. 

2.  My  hopes  of  heav'n  were  firm  and  bright 

But  since  the  precept  came 
With  a  convincing  pow'r  and  light, 
I  find  how  vile  I  am. 

3.  My  guilt  appear'd  but  small  before., 

'Till  terribly  I  saw 
How  perfect,  holy,  just  and  pure, 
Was  thine  eternal  law. 

4.  Then  felt  my  soul  the  heavy  load, 

My  sins  reviv'd  again. 
I  had  provok'd  a  dreadful  God, 
And  all  my  hopes  were  slain. 

5.  I'm  like  a  helpless  captive,  sold 

Under  the  pow'r  of  sin  ; 
I  cannot  do  the  good  I  would, 
Nor  keep  my  conscience  clean, 

6.  My  God,  I  cry  with  cv'ry  breath 

For  some  kind  pow'r  to  save. 

O  break  the  yoke  of  sin  and  death, 

And  thus  redeem  the  slave. 


AWAKENING.  155 

Hymn  207.  c.  m. 
"KTAKEN  souls!  that  dream  of  hcav'n, 
And  make  their  empty  boast 
Of  inward  joys,  and  ;;ins  forgiv*©, 
While  they  are  slaves  to  lust. 

2.  Vain  are  our  fancies,  airy  flights. 

If  faith  be  cold  and  dead. 
None  but  a  li  r  unites 

To  Christ  the 

3.  'Tis  faith  that  changes  all  the  heart; 

Tis  faith  that  works  by  love  ; 
That  bids  all  sinful  joys  depart. 
And  lifts  the  thoughts  above. 

4.  ?Tis  faith  that  conquers  earth  and  hell 

By  a  celestial  pow'r  ;  .. 
This  is  the  grace  that  shall  prevail 
In  the  decisive  hour. 

Hymn  208.  cm. 

1 .  "71  IT  AN  has  a  soul  of  vast  desires, 

XV JL  He  burns  within  with  restless  fires  ; 
To3t  to  and  fro  his  passions  fly 
From  vanity  to  vanity. 

2.  In  vain  on  earth  we  hope  to  find 
Some  solid  good  to  fill  the  mind  ; 
We  try  new  pleasures,  but  we  feci 
The  inward  thirst  and  torment  still. 

5.  So  when  a  raging  fever  burns, 

We  shift  from  side  to  side  by  turns  : 
And  'tis  a  poor  relief  we  gain, 
To  change  the  place,  but  keep  the  pain, 
*.  Great  God !  subdue  this  vicious  thirst, 
This  lave  to  vanity  and  dust  ; 
Cure  the  vile  fever  of  the  mind, 
:  feed  our  souL  with  fin'cL 


156  AWAKENING. 

Hymn  209.    l.  m. 

The  humble  enlightened,  and  carnal  reason  humbled ; 
Luke  x.  21,  22. 

1,  F  I  ^HERE  was  an  hour  when  Christ  rejcic'dj 

JL    And  spoke  his  joy  in  words  of  praise  : 
"Father,  I  thank  thee, mighty  God, 
"Lord  of  the  earth,  and  hea^v'ns  and  seas. 

2.  "  I  thank  thy  sov'reign  pow'r  and  love, 

"  That  crowns  my  doctrine  with  success  : 
"  And  makes  the  babes  in  knowledge  learn 
"The  height,  and  breadth  and  length  of  grace 

3. "But  all  this  glory  lies  concealed, 
"  From  men  of  prudence  and  of  wit ; 
"The  prince' of  darkness  blinds  their  eye*, 
"  And  their  own  pride  resists  the  light. 

4.  "Father  'tis  thus,  because  thy  will 
"Chose  and  ordain'd  it  should  be  so  ; 
"'Tis  thy  delight  t'  abase  the  proud, 
"And  lay  the  haughty  scorner  low. 

Hymn  210.  c.  m. 

1.  T  HATE  the  tempter  and  his  charms^ 
A.  I  hate  his  flatt'ring  breath  ; 
The  serpent  takes  a  thousand  forms," 
To  cheat  our  soul's  to  death. 
.2.  He  feeds  our  hopes  with  airy  dreams, 
Or  kills  with  slavish  fear.j 
And  holds  us  stiil  in  wide  extremes, 
•     Presumption  or  despair. 

3.  Now  he  persuades:  "  I  'Lis 

"  To  walk  the  road  to  hea^  'n :" 
Anon  he  swells  our  sins,  and  cries  : 
"  They  cannot  be  forgiv'n." 

4.  He  bids  young  sinners  "  yet  forbear 

"  To  think  of  God  or  death  ; 


AWAKENING.  157 

M  For  prayer  and  devotion  are 
"  But  melancholy  breath." 

5.  He  tells  the  aged,  "  they  must  die, 

u  And  'tis  ioo  late  to  pray  ; 
"  In  vain  for  mercy  now  they  cry, 
u  For  they  have  lost  their  day." 

6.  Thus  he  supports  his  cruel  throne 

By  mischief  and  deceit, 
And  drugs  the  sons  of  Adam  down 
To  darkness  and  the  pit. 


H 


Hymn  211.  c.  a. 


OW  vain  are  all  things  here  below  ! 


How  false,  and  yet  how  fair  ! 
Each  pleasure  hath  its  poison  too, 
And  every  sweet  a  snare. 

2.  The  brightest  things  below  the  sky 

Give  but  a  flatting  light  ; 
We  should  suspect  some  danger  nigh, 
Where  we  possess  delight. 

3.  Our  dearest  joys    and  nearest  friends, 

The  partners  of  our  blood, 
How  they  divide  our  wav'ring  minds  ! 
And  leave  but  half  for  God. 

4.  The  fondness  of  a  creature's  love 

How  strong  it  strikes  the  sense  ! 
Thither  the  warm  affections  move, 
Nor  can  we  call  them  thence. 

5.  Dear  Saviour  !  let  thy  beautiei 

My  soul's  eternal  Ebrid  ; 
An  1  grace  command  my  heart  * 
From  all  created  good. 
v 


158  PENITENTIAL. 

Hymn  212.  c.  m. 

Let  the  wickedforsake  his  -way,  Sec.    Isaiah  lv.  7. 

1 .  Q INNERS,  the  voice  of  God  regard  ; 
Ik5   'Tis  Mercy  speaks  tc-day  ; 

He  calls  you  by  his  sovereign  word, 
From  sin's  destructive  way. 

2.  Like  the  rough  sea  that  cannot  rest, 

You  live  devoid  of  peace  ; 
A  thousand  stings  within  your  breast, 
Deprive  your  souls  of  ease. 

3.  Your  way  is  dark,  and  leads  to  hell  ; 

Why  will  you  persevere  ? 
Can  you  in  endless  torments  dwell, 
Shut  up  in  black  despair  ? 

4.  Why  will  you  in  the  crooked  ways 

Of  sin  and  folly  go  ? 
In  pain  you  travel  all  your  days, 
To  reap  immortal  woe  ! 


2.  PENITENTIAL, 
Hymn  213.   p.  u. 

From  the  German. 

FATHER  of  lights,  from  whom  proceeds 
Whatc'er  thy  ev'ry  creature  needs; 
Whose  goodness,  providently  nigh, 
Feeds  the  young  ravens  when  they  cry  : 
To  thee  I  look,  my  heart  prepare : 
Suggest  and  harken  to  my  pray'r. 

Since,  by  thy  Tight,  myself  I  see 
Naked,  and  poor,  and  void  of  thee ; 
Thine  eyes  must  till  my  thoughts  survey, 
Preventing  what  my  lips  would  say: 


1. 


PENITENTIAL. 

Thou  seest  my  wants,  for  help  they  call, 
And  ere  I  speak  thou  know'st  them  all. 

3.  Thou  know'st  the  baseness  of  my  mind, 
Wayward,  and  impotent,  and  blind  : 
Thou  know'st  how  unsubdu'd  my  will, 
Averse  to  good,  and  prone  to  ill : 

Thou  know'st  how  wide  my  passions  rove, 
Nor  check'd  by  fear,  nor  charm'd  by  love, 

4.  Fain  would  I  know  as  known  by  thee, 
And  feel  the  indigence  I  see  ; 

Fain  would  I  all  my  vileness  own, 
And  deep  beneath  the  burden  groan ; 
Abhor  the  pride  that  lurks  within, 
Detest  and  loathe  myself  and  sin. 

5.  Ah!  give  me,  Lord,  myself  to  feel. 
My  total  misery  reveal ; 

Ah  !  give  me  Lord,  (I  still  would  say) 
A  heart  to  mourn,  a  heart  to  pray : 
My  bus'ness  this,  my  only  care, 
My  life,  my  e\'ry  breath  be  pray'r. 

Hymn  214     s.  m. 

1.  f\  THAT  I  could  repent^ 
KJ  O  that  I  could  believe  C 
Thou,  by  thy  voice,  the  marble  rent; 

The  rock  in  sunder  cleave  ! 

Thou  by  thy  two-edg'd  sword, 

My  soul  and  spirit  part : 
Strike  with  the  hammer  of  thy  word, 

And  break  my  stubborn  heart. 

2.  Saviour,  and  Prince  of  peace* 

The  double  grace  bestow; 
Unloose  the  bands  of  wickedness, 

And  let  the  captive  go ; 

Grant  me  my  sins  to  feel, 

And  then  the  load  remove ; 


V60  PENITENTIAL. 

Wound,  and  pour  in  my  wounds,  to  heal, 
The  balm  of  parti'ning  love. 

3.  For  thine  own  mercy's  sake, 
My  guilt  and  sin  remove; 

And  into  thy  protection  take 

The  pris'ner  of  thy  love. 

In  e\'ry  trying  hour, 

Stand  by  my  feeble  soul, 
And  screen  me  from  temptation's  pow'rr 

'TJIl  thouJiast  made  me  whole. 

4.  This  is  thy  will,  I  know, 
That  I  should  holy  be  ; 

Should  let  my  sins  this  moment  go^ 

Tnis  moment  turn  to. thee: 

O  might  I  now  embrace 

Thine  all-sumcicnt  pow'r ! 
And  never  more  to  sin  give  place, 

And  never  grieve  thee  more! 

Hymn  215.  p.   m. 

J.  TESUS,  let  thy  pitying  eye 
*J   Call  back  a  wand' ring  sheep ; 
False  to  thee,  like  Peter,  I 

Would  fain  like  Peter  weep : 
Let  me  be  by  grace  restor'd; 

On  me  be  alllong-suiT'ring  shown  ; 
Turn  and  look  upon  me  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

2.  Saviour,  Prince,  cnthron'd  above, 
Repentance  to  impart, 
Give  me,  through  redeeming-Iove> 

The  humble,  contrite  heart: 
Give,  what  I  have  long  implor'd, 

A  portion  of  thy  grief  unknown: 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 


PENITENTIAL.  161 

3*  For  thine  own  compassion's  sake. 

The  gracious  wonder  show ; 
Cast  my  sins  behind  thy  back, 

And  wash  me  white  as  snow : 
If  thy  bowels  now  are  mov'd  ; 

If  I  now  myself  bemoan : 
Turn  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

4.  See  me,  Saviour,  from  above, 

Nor  suffer  me  to  die  1 
Life  and  happiness,  and  love, 

Drop  from  thy  gracious  eye; 
Speak  the  reconciling  word, 

And  let  thy  mercy  melt  me  down : 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 

And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

Hymn  216.  c.  m. 

1.  TESUS,  if  still  thou  art  to-day 
J    As  yesterday  the  same, 
Present  to  heal,  in  me  display 

The  virtue  of  thy  name. 

2.  If  still  thou  go'st  about  to  do, 

Thy  needy  creatures  good  ; 
On  me,  that  I  thy  praise  may  show, 
Be  all  thy  wonders  show'd. 

3.  Now  Lord,  to  whom  for  help  I  call, 

Thy  miracles  repeat ; 
With  pitying  eye  behold  me  fall 
A  leper  at  thy  feet. 

4.  Loathsome,  and  foul,  and  self-abhorr'd, 

I  sink  beneath  my  sin  ; 
But  if  thou  wilt,  a  gracious  word 
Of  thine,  can  make  me  clean. 

5 .  Thou  seest  me  deaf  to  thy  cammands, 

Open,  O  Lord,  mv  ear : 
P  2 


*62  PENITENTIAL, 

Bid  me  stretch  out  my  wither'd  hands*. 
And  lift  them  up  in  pray'r. 
6.  Silent  (alas !  thou  know'st  how  long) 
My  voice  I  cannot  raise ; 
But,  O !  when  thou  shalt  loose  my  tongue  ! 
The  dumb  shall  sing  thy  praise. 


Hymn  217.   s.  m. 

1.  AH!  whither  shall  I  go, 

jljl   Burden'd,  and  sick,  and  faint  ? 
To  whom  should  I  my  trouble  show, 

And  pour  out  my  complaint  ? 
My  Saviour  bids  me  come, 

Ah  !  why  do  I  delay  ?. 
He  calls  the  weary  sinner  home  ; 

And  yet  from  him  I  stay. 

2.  What  is  it  keeps  me  back, 

From  which  I  cannot  part  ? 
Which  will  not  let  my  Saviour  take 

Possession  of  my  heart  ? 
Some  wicked  thing  unknown 

Must  surely  lurk  within  ; 
Some  idol,  which  I  will  not  own 

Some  secret,  bosom  sin. 

3.  Jesus,  the  hindrance  show, 

Which  I  have  fear'd  to  see  ; 
O  may  I  now  consent  to  know 

What  keeps  me  out  of  thco  ! 
Searcher  of  hearts,  in  mine 

Thy  trying  pow'r  display  ; 
Into  its  darkest  corner  shine, 

And  take  the  veil  away  1 

4. 1  now  believe,  in  thee 

Compassion  reigns  alone  : 
According  to  my  faith,  to  mc 
O  let  it,  Lord,  be  done  1 


PENITENTIAL.  ley 

In  me  is  all  the  bar, 

Which  thou  would'st  fain  remove  ;^ 
Remove  it,  and  I  shall  declare, 

That  God  is  only  love. 

Hymn  218.   p.  m. 

1.  TESUS,  if  still  the  same  thou  art, 
J    If  all  thy  promises  are  sure, 
Set  up  thy  kingdom  in  my  heart, 

And  make  me  rich,  for  I  am  poor  i 
To  me  be  all  thy  treasures  giv'n, 
The  kingdom  of  an  inward  heav'n. 

2.  Thou  hast  pronounc'd  the  mourners  blest*. 

And  lo  !  for  thee  I  ever  mourn  : 
I  cannot,  no,  I  will  not  rest, 

Till  thou  my  only  rest  return  : 
Till  thou  the  Prince  of  Peace,  appear, 
And  I  receive  the  Comforter. 

3.  Where  is  the  blessedness  bestow'd 

On  all  that  hunger  after  thee  ? 
I  hunger  now,  I  thirst  for  God  ! 

See,  the  poor  fainting  sinner  see  i* 
And  satisfy  with  endless  peace, 
And  fill  me  with  thy  right'ousness. 

4.  Ah,  Lord,  if  thou  art  in  that  sigh, 

Then  hear  thyself  within  me  pray  ; 
Hear  in  my  heart  thy  Spirit's  cry, 

Mark,  what  my  lab'ring.soul  would  say  : 
Answer  the  deep  unutter'd  groan, 
And  shew,  that  thou,  and  I,  are  one. 
f .  Shine  on  thy  work,  disperse  the  gloom  j 

Light  in  thy  light  I  then  shall  see  ; 
Say  to  my  soul,  "  Thy  light  is  come, 

"  Glory  divine  is  ris'n  on  thee  : 
u  Thy  warfare's  past,  thy  mourning's  o'er, 
"  Look  up,  for  thoushalt  weep  no- more." 


164  PENITENTIAL. 

Hymn  219.   c.  m. 

1 .  /^1  OD  is  in  this  and  ev'ry  place  ; 
VT    But  O  !  how  dark  and  void, 
To  me,  'tis  one  great  wilderness, 
This  earth,   without  my  God. 
3.  Empty  of  him  who  all  things  fills, 
'Till  he  his  light  impart  : 
'Till  he  his  glorious  self  reveals, 
The  veil  is  on  my  heart. 

3.  O  thou  who  seest  and  know'st  my  grief, 

Thyself  unseen,  unknown, 
Pity  my  helpless  unbelief, 

And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

4.  Regard  me  with  a  gracious  eye, 

The  long-sought  blessing  give  : 
And  bid  me,  at  the  point  to  die, 
Behold  thy  face,  and  live. 

5.  A  darker  soul  did  never  yet 

Thy  promis'd  help  implore,: 
O  that  I  now  my  Lord  might  meet, 
And  never  loose  him  more  i 

6.  Now,  Jesus,  now  the  Father's  love 

Shed  in  my  heart  abroad  : 
The  middle  wall  of  sin  remove, 
And  let  me  in  to  God. 

Hymn  220.  cm. 

1.  HT^HOU  hidden  God,  for  whom  I  groan 

X     Till  thou  thyself  declare  ; 
God,  inaccessible,  unknown, 
Regard  a  sinner's  pray'r. 

2.  A  sinner  welt'ring  in  his  blood, 

UnpurgM  and  unforgiv'n ; 

Far  distant  from  the  living  God, 

As  far  as  hell  from  heav'n. 


PENITENTIAL.  uj 

3.  An  unregen'rate  child  of  man, 
To  thee  for  faith  I  call  ; 
Pity  thy  fallen  creature's  pain. 
And  raise  me  from  my  fall  ! 

I.  The  darkness  which,  thro'  thee,  I  feel) 
Thou  only  canst  remove  ; 
Thine  own  eternal  pow'r  reveal, 
The  Deity  of  Love  ! 
5.  I  am  in  unbelief  shut  up, 
But  grace  can  let  me  go  ; 
In  hope,  believing  against  hope, 
I  wait  the  truth  to  know. 
».  Thou  wilt  in  me  reveal  thy  name, 
Thou  wilt  thy  light  afford  ; 
Bound  and  oppress'd,  yet  thine  I  am, 
The  pris'ner  of  the  Lord. 
7.  I  would  not  to  thy  foe  submit ; 
I  hate  the  tyrant's  chain  : 
Send  forth  thy  pris'ner  from  the  pit, 
Nor  let  me  cry  in  vain. 
S.  Shew  me  the  blood,  that  bought  my  peace, 
The  cov'nant  blood  apply  ! 
And  all  my  griefs  at  once  shall  cease, 
And  all  my  sins  shall  die. 

Hymn  221.  l.  m. 

1 .  rTp,HOU  man  of  griefs,  remember  me, 

X     Who  never  canst  thyself  forget  ; 
Thy  last  mysterious  agony, 

Thy  fainting  pangs,  and  bloody  sweat  ! 

2.  When  wrestling  in  the  strength  of  pray'r, 

Thy  spirit  sunk  beneath  its  load  \ 
Thy  feeble  flesh  abhor'd  to  bear 
The  wrath  of  an  Almighty  God. 
X  Father,  if  I  may  call  thee  so, 

Regard  my  fearful  heart's  desire  ; 


166  PENITENTIAL. 

Remove  this  load  of  guilt  and  woe. 
Nor  let  me  in  my  sins  expire  ! 

4. 1  tremble,  lest  the  wrath  divine, 

Which  bruises  now  my  wretched  soul, 
Should  bruise  this  wretched  soul  of  mine, 
Long  as  eternal  ages  roll. 

5.  To  thee  my  last  distress  I  bring  ! 

The  heighten'd  fear  of  death  I  fine?  ; 
The  tyrant,   brandishing  his  sting, 
Appears,  and  hell  is  close  behind. 

€.  I  deprecate  that  death  alone, 

That  endless  banishment  from  thee  : 
O  save,  and  give  me  to  thy  Son, 

Who  trembled,  wept,  and  bled  for  me  ! 

Hymn  222.  l.  m. 

1 .  Q*  HEW  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive* 
1^3   Let  a  repenting  rebel  live  ; 

Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  thee  ! 

2.  My  crimes  are  great,  but  don't  surpass 
The  pow'r  and  glory  of  thy  grace  : 
Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound — 
So  let  thy  pard'ning  love  be  found. 

S.  Oh  wash  my  soul  from  ev'ry  sin, 

And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean  L 
Xisre  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  past  offences  pain  mine  eyes. 

4.  My  lips  with  shame  my  sins  confess 
Against  thy  law,  against  thy  grace  ; 
Lord,  should  thy  judgment  grow  severe, 
I  am  condemn'd,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5.  Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner,  Lord, 
Whose  hope,  still  hov'ring  round  thy  word, 
Would  light  on  some  sweet  promise  there, 
Some  sure  support  against  despair. 


PENITENTIAL.  167 

Hymn  223.  l.u. 

1 .  f^\  THOU,  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry, 
V_>/  Though  all  my  crimes  before  thee  lie, 
Behold  them  not  with  angry  look, 
But  blot  their  mem'ry  from  thy  book. 

3.  Create  my  nature  pure  within, 
And  form  my  soul  averse  to  sin  ; 
Let  thy  good  Spirit  ne'er  depart, 
Nor  hide  thy  presence  from  my  heart. 

3.  Though  I  have  griev'd  thy  Spirit,  Lord, 
Thy  help  and  comfort  still  afford  : 
And  let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne 
To  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

4.  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King, 
Is  all  the  sacrifice  I  bring  ; 

The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  despise 
A  broken  heart  for  sacrifice. 

5.  My  soul  lies  humbled  in  the  dust, 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  sentence  just  ; 
Look  down,  O  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  save  the  soul  condemn' d  to  die. 

Hymn  224.  cm. 

1.  /^  GOD  of  mercy  hear  my  call, 
V^J   My  load  of  guilt  remove  ; 
Break  down  this  separating  wall, 

That  bars  me  from  thy  love. 

2.  Give  me  the  presence  of  thy  grace, 

Then  my  rejoicing  tongue 
Shall  speak  aloud  thy  righteousness, 
And  make  thy  praise  my  song. 

3.  No  blood  of  goats,  nor  heifer  slain 

For  sin  could  e'er  atone  ; 
The  death  of  Christ  shall  still  remain 
Sum  dent  and  alone. 


16*  PENITENTIAL 

4.  A  soul,  opprest  with  sin's  desert, 
My  God  will  ne'er  despise  ; 
A  humble  groan,  a  broken  heart, 
Is  our  best  sacrifice. 

Hymn  225.  cm. 

1.  r  I  ^HELord  will  happiness  divine 

X    On  contrite  hearts  bestow  : 
Then  tell  me,  gracious  God,  is  mine 
A  contrite  heart  or  no  ? 

2.  I  hear,  but  seem  to  hear  in  vain, 

Insensible  as  steel  ; 
If  ought  is  felt,    'tis  only  pain, 
To  find  I  cannot  feel. 

3.  I  sometimes  think  myself  inclin'd 

To  love  thee,  if  I  could  ; 

But  often  feel  another  mind, 

Averse  to  all  that's  good. 

4.  My  best  desires  are  faint  and  few, 

I  fain  would  strive  for  more  : 
But  when  I  cry,  "  My  strength  renew,,: 
Seem  weaker  than  before. 

5.  Thy  saints  are  comforted,!  know, 

And  love  thy  house  of  pray'r; 
I  therefore  go  where  others  go, 
But  find  no  comfort  there. 

6.  O  make  this  heart  rejoice  or  ache  ; 

Decide  this  doubt  for  me  ; 
And  if  it  be  not  broken,  break, 
And  heal  it,  if  it  be. 

Hymn  226.  s.  m. 

MY  sorrows,  like  a  flood* 
Impatient  of  restraint, 
Into  thy  boscmj  O  my  God, 
Pour  out  a  long  complaint. 


PENITENTIAL.  169 

Q.  This  impious  heart  of  mine 
Could  once  defy  the  Lord, 
Could  rush  with  violence  to  sin, 
In  presence  of  thy  sword 

3.  How  often  have  I  stood 

A  rebel  to  the  skies, 
Tne  calls,  the  tenders  of  a  God, 
And  mercy's  loudest  cries  ! 

4.  He  offers  all  his  grace, 

And  all  his  heav'n  to  me. 
Offers  !   But  'tis  to  senseless  brass. 
That  cannot  feel,  nor  see. 

5.  Jesus,  the  Saviour,  stands 

To  court  me  from  above, 
And  looks  and  spreads  his  wond'rous  hands, 
And  shews  the  prints  of  love. 


Hymn  227.  l.  m. 

BEHOLD  how  sinners  disagree, 
The  Publican  and  Pharisee  ! 
One  doth  his  righteousness  proclaim, 
Tne  other  owns  his  guilt  and  shame. 

.  Tnis  man  at  humble  distance  stands, 
And  cries  for  grace  with  lifted  hands : 
That  boldly  rises  near  the  throne, 
And  talks  of  dudes  he  has  done. 

.  The  Lord  their  different  language  knows', 
And  difPrent  answers  he  bestows  , 
The  humble  soul  with  grace  lie  crowns, 
While  on  the  proud  his  anger  frowns. 

.  Dear  Father,  let  me  never  be 
Join'd  with  the  boasting  Phari 
I  have  no  merits  of  my  own, 
But  plead  the  suff'rings  of  thy  Son. 

a. 


[70  PENITENTIAL. 

Hymn  228.  s.  m. 

l.TS  this  the  kind  return? 

X   Are  these  the  thanks  we  owe  ? 
Thus  to  abuse  eternal  love, 
-  Whence  all  our  blessings  flow  ! 

2.  To  what  a*  stubborn  frame 

Has  sin  redue'd  cur  mind  ! 
What  strange  rebellious  wretches  we  ; 
And  God  as  strangely  kind  ! 

3.  Turn,  turn  us,  mighty  God, 

And  mould  our  souls  afresh  ; 
Break,  sov'reign  grace,  these  hearts  of  stone. 
And  give  us  hearts  of  flesh. 

4.  Let  past  ingratitude 

\        Provoke  our  weeping  eyes, 
And  hourly,  as  new  mercies  fall, 
Let  hourly  thanks  arise. 


Hymn  229.   cm. 

1.  /^\H  if  my  soul  did  feel  her  woe, 
V^r  How  would  I  vent  my  sighs  ! 
Repentance  should  like  rivers  flow, 

From  both  my  streaming  eyes. 

2.  'Twas  for  my  sins,  my  dearest  Lord 

Hung  on  the  cursed  tree, 
And  groan' d  away  a  dying  life, 
lor  thee,  my  soul,  for  thee. 

3.  O  howl  hcvte  those  lusts  of  mine, 

That  crucify'd  my  God, 
Those  sins  that  poere'd,  and  nail'd  his  flesh 
tot!  e  fatal  wood  ! 

\.  Yes,  my  Redeemer,  t 

My  heart  has  so  d* 
Noi  will  1  spare  the  gui  gs, 

That  made  my  l 


PENITENTIAL.  171 

5,  Whilst,  with  a  melting  broken  heart, 
My  murder'd  Lord  I  view, 
Til  raise  revenge  against  my  sins, 
And  slay  the  murd'rers  too. 

Hymn  230.    cm. 

The  repenting  Prodigal.  Luke  xv.  13,  (kc, 

1.  T)  EIIOLD  the  wretch,  whose  lust  and  wine 
J3   Has  wasted  his  estate, 

He  begs  a  share  among  the  swine, 
To  ta^te  the  husks  they  eat ! 

2.  "I  die  with  hunger  here,"  he  cries, 

"  I  starve  in  foreign  lands ; 
"  My  Father's  house  has  large  supplies, 
"  And  bounteous  arc  his  hands. 

3.  "  I'll  go,  and  with  a  mournful  tongue, 

"  Fall  down  before  his  face  ; 
u  Father,  I've  done  thy  justice  wrong, 
"  Nor  can  deserve  thy  grace." 

4.  He  said,  and  hasten'd  to  his  home, 

To  seek  his  Father's  love. 
Tiie  Father  saw  the  rebel  come, 
And  his  compassions  move. 

j.  He  ran,  and  fell  upon  his  neck, 
F.mbrac'd  and  kiss'd  his  son  ; 
The  rebel's  heart  with  sorrow  brake 
For  follies  he  had  done. 

Hymn  231.  c.  m. 

Sincerity  and  Hyfiocrisy.      John  iv.  24. 
Pttalm  exxxix.  2  3,  24. 
1.  /~^  OD  is  a  Spirit,  just  and  wise, 
v_T    He  sees  our  inmost  mind ; 
In  vain  to  heav'n  we  raise  our  cries, 
And  leave  our  souls  behind. 


172  PENITENTIAL. 

2.  Nothing  but  truth  before  his  throne 

With  honour  can  appear. 
The  painted  hypocrites  are  known, 
Through  the  disguise  they  wear. 

3.  Their  lifted  eyes  salute,  the  skies, 

Their  bended  knees  the  ground  ; 
But  God  abhors  the  sacrifice, 
Where  not  the  heart  is  found. 

4.  Lord,  search  my  thoughts,  and  try  my  ways* 
«*  And  make  my  soul  sincere  ; 

Then  shall  I  stand  before  thy  face. 
And  find  acceptance  there. 

Hymn  232.  l.  m. 

1.  /^\FT  have  I  turn'd  my  eye  within, 
V^   And  brought  to  light  some  latent  sin  ; 
But  pride,  the  vice  I  most  detest, 

Still  lurks  securely  in  my  breast. 

2.  Here  with  a  thousand  arts  she  tries 
To  dress  me  in  a  fair  disguise, 

To  make  a  guilty,  wretched  worm, 
Put  on  an  Angel  s  brightest  form. 

3.  She  hides  my  follies  from  mine  eyes, 
And  lifts  my  virtues  to  the  skies; 
And  while  the  specious  tale  she  tells, 
Her  own  deformity  conceals. 

4.  Rend,  O  my  Cod,  the  veil  away  : 
Bring  forth  the  monster  to  the  day; 
Expose  her  hedious  form  to  view, 
And  all  her  restless  power  subdue. 

5.  So  shall  humility  divine, 

Again  possess  this  heart  of  mine  ; 
And  form  a  temple  for  my  God, 
Which  he  will-make  his  lev'd  abode 


SUPPLICATION  AND  PRAYER.       173 

3.  SUPPLICATION  AND  PRAYER, 

Hymn  233.  t.  m. 

1.  Ql  TAY,  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay, 

O  'Tho'  I  have  done  thee  such  despite, 
Nor  cast  the  sinner  quite  away, 
Nor  take  thine  everlasting  flight. 

2.  Tho'  I  have  steel'd  my  stubborn  heart, 

And  shaken  off  my  guilty  feeirs, 
And  vex'd,  and  urg'd  thee  to  depart, 
For  many  days,  and  months,  and  ye: 

3.  Though  I  have  most  unfaithful  been 

Of  all  who  e'er  thy  grace  receiv'd, 
Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  seen, 
Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  griev'd, 

4.  Yet,  O!  the  chief  of  sinners  spare,  •' 

In  honour  of  my  great  High-Priest ; 
Nor  in  thy  righteous  anger  swear 

T*  exclude  me  from  thy  people's  rest. 

5.  If  yet  thou  canst,  my  sins  forgive, 

From  now,  O  Lord,  relieve  my  woes. 
Into  thy  rest  of  love  receive, 

And  bless  me  with  the  calm  repose. 
:.  From  now  my  weary  soul  release, 

Up-raise  me  with  thy  gracious  hand, 
And  guide  into  thy  perfect  peace, 

And  bring  me  to  the  promis'd  land. 

Hymn  234.  c.  m, 

THAT  I  could  my  Lord  receive; 
Who  did  the  world  redeem  ; 
Who  gave  his  life1,  that  I  might  live 
A  life  conceal'd  in  him  I 
2.  O  that  I  could  the  blessing  prove* 
My  heart's  extreme  desire  ; 
o  2 


1T4  SUPPLICATION 

Live  happy  in  my  Saviour's  love, 
And  in  his  arms  expire ! 

3.  Mercy  I  ask  to  seal  my  peace^ 

That)  kept  by  mercy's  pow'r, 
I  may  from  ev'ry  evil  cease, 
And  never  grieve  thee  more  ! 

4.  Now,  if  thy  gracious  will  it  be,. 

E'vn  now  my  sins  remove, 
And  set  my  soul  at  liberty, 
By  thy  victorious  love. 

5.  In  answer  to  ten  thousand  pray'rs, 

Thou  pard'ning  God  descend ; 
Number  me  with  salvation's  heirs, 
My  sins  and  troubles  end. 

6.  Nothing  I  ask,  or  want  beside, 

Of  all  in  earth  or  heav'n: 
But  let  me  feel  thy  blood  apply 'd, 
And  live  and  die  forgiv'n. 

Hymn  235.  c.  m. 

1.  /^i  OME,  O  thou  all-victorious  Lord, 
\^_y  Thy  pow'r  to  us  make  .known : 
Strike  with  the  hammer  of  thy  word, 

And  break  these  hearts  of  stone, 

2.  O  that  we  all  might  now  begin 

Our  foolishness  to  mourn  ! 
And  turn  at  once  from  ev?ry  sin, 
And  to  the  Saviour  turn. 

3.  Give  us  ourselves  and  thee  to  know, 

In  this  our  gracious  day  : 

Repentance  unto  life  bestow, 

And  take  our  sins  away. 

4.  Convince  us  first  of  unbelief, 

And  freely  then  release: 
rill  ev'ry  soul  with  sacred  griefy 
And  then  with  sacred  peace. 


AND  PRAYER.  17?-. 

6".  Impoverish,  Lord,  and  then  reli 
And  then,  enrich  the  poor ; 
The  knowledge  of  our  sickness  give, 
The  knowledge  of  our  cure. 

6.  That  blessed  sense  of  guilt  impart, 

And  then  remove  the  load : 
Trouble,  and  wash  the  troubled  heart, 
In  the  atoning  blood. 

7.  Our  desp'rate  state  through  sin,  declare^ 

And  speak  our  sins  forgiv'n : 
By  perfect  holiness  prepare 
And  take  us  up  to  heav'm 

Hymn  236.    l.  m. 
i.  T    ORD  Jesus,  when,  when  shall  it  be, 
1  a  That  I  no  more  shall  break  with  thee ! 
When  will  this  war  of  passions  cease, 
And  my  free  soul  enjoy  thy  peace. 

2.  Here  I  repent,  and  sin  again; 
Now  I  revive,,  and  now  am  slain  ; 
Slain  with  the  same  unhappy  dart, 
Which  Oh  !  too  often  wounds  my  heart ! 

3.  O  Saviour,  when,  when  shall  I  be 
A  garden  seai'd  to  all  but  thee  ! 

No  more  expos'd,  no  more  undone ; 
But  live  and  grow  to  thee  alone  ? 

4.  Guide  thou,  O  Lord,  guide  thou  my  course^ 
And  draw  me  on  with  thy  sweet  force : 
Still  make  me  walk,  still  make  me  tend; 

By  thee  my  way,  to  thee  my  end. 

Hymn  237.  c.  m. 

i.  T  WANT  a  principle  within, 
A   Of  jealous  godly  fear, 
A  sensibility  of  sin, 
A  pain  to  feel  it  near. 


1-76  SUPPLICATION 

2.  That  I  from  thee  no  more  may  pari. 

No  more  thy  goodness  grieve, 
The  filial  awe,  the  loving  heart, 
The  tender  conscience  give, 

3.  Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 

O  God,  my  conscience  make  : 
Awake  my  soul,  when  sin  is  nigh, 
And  keep  it  still  awake. 

4.  If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray, 

That  moment,  Lord,  reprove, 
And  let  me  weep  my  life  away, 
For  having  grieved  thy  love. 

5.  O  !  may  the  least  omission  pain 

My  well-instructed  soul  ; 
And  drive  me  to  the  blood  again, 
Which  makes  the  wounded  whole. 

Hymn  238.  s.  m. 

iVJL   To  thee,  to  thee  I  call ; 
I  cannot  live  if  thou  remove, 
For  thou  art  all  in  all. 

2.  Thy  shining  grace  can  cheer 

This  dungeon  where  I  dwell : 
'Tis  paradise  when  thou  art  here, 
If  thou  depart,  'tis  hell. 

3.  The  smilings  of  thy  face 

How  amiable  they  are  ! 
'Tis  heav'n  to  rest  in  thine  embrace, 
And  no  where  eke  but  there. 

4.  To  thee,  and  thee  alone, 

The  angels  owe  their  bliss; 
They  sit  around  thy  gracious  throne,  - 
And  dwell  where  Jesus  is. 

5.  Not  all  the  harps  above 

Can  make  a  heav'nly  place, 


AND  PRAYER.  i7? 

If  God  his  residence  remove, 
Or  but  conceal  his  face. 

4.  Nor  earth,  nor  all  the  sky, 

Can  one  delight  afford  ; 
No,  not  one  drop  of  real  joy, 

Without  thy  presence,  Lord. 
7'  Thou  art  the  sea  of  love, 

Where  all  my  pleasures  roll  ; 
The  circle  where  my  passions  move. 

And  centre  of  my  soul. 

5.  To  thee  my  spirits  fly 

With  infinite  desire  : 
And  yet  how  far  from  thee  I  lie  ! 
Dear  Jesus  raise  me  higher. 

Hymn  239,   l.  m. 

1.  T  THIRST,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God, 
JL   To  wash  me  in  thy  cleansing  blood  ; 
To  dwell  within  thy  wounds  ;  then  pain 
Is  sweet,  and  life  or  death  is  gain. 

2.  Take  my  poor  heart,  and  let  it  be 
For  ever  clos'd  to  all  but  thee  ! 

Seal  thou  my  breast,  and  let  me  wear 
That  pledge  of  love  for  ever  there. 

3.  How  blest  are  they  who  still  abide 
Close  shelter'd  in  thy  bleeding  side  ! 
Who  life  and  strength  from  thence  derive, 
And  by  .thee  move,  and  in  thee  live. 

4.  What  are  our  works  but  sin  and  death, 
Till  thou  thy  quick'ning  Spirit  breathe  : 
Thou  giv'st  the  pow'r  thy  grace  to  move, 
O  wond'rous  grace  !  O  boundless  love  ! 

5.  How  can  it  be  thou  heav'nly  King, 
That  thou  shouldst  us  to  glory  bring  ; 
Make  slaves  the  partners  of  thy  throne? 
Dcck'd  with  a  never-fading  crown  ? 


178  SUPPLICATION 

6.  Hence  our  hearts  melt,  our  eyes  o'erflow, 
Our  words  are  lost,  nor  will  we  know, 
Nor  will  we  think  of  aught  beside, 

"  My  Lord,  my  love,  is  crucify  'd." 

7.  Ah!  Lord,  enlarge  our  scanty  thought, 
To  know  the  wonders  thou  hast  wrought ; 
Unloose  our  stamm'ring*  tongues  to  tell 
Thy  love  immense,  unsearchable  ! 

S.  First-born  of  many  brethren  thou, 
To  thee,  lo !  all  our  souls  we  bow, 
To  thee  our  hearts  and  hands  we  gjve  ; 
Thine  may  we  die,  thine  may  we  live. 


Hymn  240.   c.  m. 

COME,  Father,  Son, and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  God  in  persons  three. 
Bring  back  the  heav'nly  blessing  lost 
By  all  mankind  and  me. 

2.  Thy  favour,  and  thy  nature  too, 

To  me,  to  all  restore  ; 
Forgive,  and  after  God  renew, 
And  keep  me  evermore. 

3.  Eternal  Son  of  Righteousness, 

Display  thy  beams  divine, 
And  cause  the  glories  of  thy  face, 
Upon  my  heart  to  shine. 

4.  Light  in  thy  light,  O  may  I  see, 

Thy  grace  and  mercy  prove  ! 
Reviv'd  and  cheer'd,  and  bless'd  by  thes, 
The  God  of  pard'ning  love  ! 

5.  Lift  up  thy  countenance  serene, 

And  let  thy  happy  child 
Behold,  without  a  cloud  between, 
The  Godhead  reconciled. 


AND  PRAYER.  179 


,  That  all-comprising  peace  bestow 
On  me  through  grace  forgiv'n; 
The  joys  of  holiness  below, 
And  then  the  joys  of  heav'n  ! 


H)rmn  241.  s.  u. 

}.  TESUS,  my  strength,  my  hope, 
J    On  thee  I  cast  my  care, 
With  humble  confidence  look  up, 

And  know  thou  hear'st  my  pray'r ; 
Give  me  on  thee  to  wait, 

Till  I  can  all  things  do, 
On  thee,  Almighty  to  create, 

Almighty  to  renew. 
2.  I  want  a -sober  mind, 

A  self-renouncing  will, 
That  tramples  down  and  casts  behind, 

The  baits  of  pleasing  iil : 
A  soul  inur'd  to  pain, 

To  hardship,  grief,  and  loss : 
Bold  to  take  up,  firm  to  sustain, 

The  consecrated  cross. 

want  a  godly  fear, 
A  quick  discerning  eye, 
That  looks  to  thee  when  sin  is  near, 

And  tempter^  fly. 

A  spirit  still  prepar'd, 

I  arm'd  with  jealous  care, 
For  ever  standing  on  its  guard, 
And  watching  unto  pray'r. 
A .  I  want  a  heart  to  pray, 

To  pray  and  never  ccoso, 

>  murmur  at  thy  stay, 
Or  wish  my  sufPrii 
This  blessing  above  all — 
ay*  to  pray  I  want, 


180  5TJPPLICATIGN 

Out  of  the  deep  on  thee  to  call, 
And  never,  never  faint. 

5. 1  want  a  true  regard, 

A  single,  steady  aim, 
Unmov'd  by  threat'ning  or  reward? 

To  thee  and  thy  great  name  ; 
A  jealous,  just  concern 

For  thine  immortal  praise  ; 
A  pure  desire  that  all  may  learn 

And  glorify  thy  grace. 


Hymn  242.  s.  m. 

1.  ^THHE  thing  my  God  doth  hate. 

Jt     That  I  no  more  may  do, 
Thy  creature,  Lord,  again  create, 

And  all  my  soul  renew. 
My  soul  shall  then  like  thine, 

Abhor  the  thing  unclean, 
And  sanctify 'd  by  love  divine, 

For  ever  cease  from  sin. 

2.  That  blessed  law  of  thine, 

Jesus,  to  me  impart ; 
Thy  Spirit's  law  of  life  divine, 

O  write  it  in  my  heart ! 
Implant  it  deep  within, 

Whence  it  may  ne'er  remove, 
The  law  of  liberty  from  sin, 

The  perfect  law  of  love. 

3.  Thy  nature  be  my  law, 

Thy  spotless  sanctity, 
And  sweetly  cv'ry  moment  draw 

My  happy  soul  to  thee. 
Soul  of  my  soul  remain , 

Who  didst  for  all  fulfil, 
In  me,  O  Lord,  fulfil  again 

Thy  heav'nly  Father's  will, 


AND  PRAYER.  18 1% 

Hymn  243.  p.  m. 

From  the  German. 
\%  y  B  ^HOU  hidden  love  of  God,  whose  height, 
X    Whose  depth  unfathom'd,  no  man  knows? 
I  see  from  far  thy  beauteous  light, 

I  only  sigh  for  thy  repose  : 

My  heart  is  pain'd,  nor  can  it  be 

At  rest,  tiil.it  finds  rest  in  thee. 

2.  Thy  secret  voice  invites  me  -still, 

The  sweetness  of  thy  yoke  to  prove  ; 
And  fain  I  would,  but  though  my  will 

Seems  fix'd,  yet  wide  my  passions  rove. 
Yet  hindrances  strew  all  the  way  : 
1  aim  at  thee,  yet  from  thee  stray, 
o.  JTis  mercy  all,  that  thou  hast  brought 
My  mind  to  seek  her  peace  in  thee  ; 
Yret  while  I  seek  and  find  thee  not, 

No  peace  my  wand'ring  soul  shall  see. 
O  when  shall  all  my  wanderings  end  , 
And  all  my  steps  to  thee-ward  tend  ? 

4.  Is  there  a  thing  beneath  the  sun, 

That  strives  with  thee  my  heart  to  share  : 
Ah  !  tear  it  thence,  and  reign  alone, 

The  Lord  of  ev'ry  motion  there  ! 
Then  shall  my  heart  from  earth  be  free, 
When  it  hath  found  repose  in  thee. 

5.  Each  moment  draw,  from  earth  away, 

My  heart,  that  lowly  waits  thy  call. 
Speak  to  my  inmost  soul,  and  say  : 

u  I  am  thy  love,  t  y  God,  thy  all  !n 
To  feel  thy  pow'r,  to  hear  thy  voice, 
To  taste  thy  love,  be  all  my  choice. 


»F 


Hymn  244.  c.  m. 

OR  ever  here  my  rest  shall  b6 
Close  to  thy  bleeding  side  ; 


132  SUPPLICATION 

'Tis  all  my  hope,  and  all  my  plea,  - 
For  me  the  Saviour  dy'd. 

2.  My  dying  Saviour,  and  my  God, 

Fountain  for  guilt  and  sin, 
Sprinkle  me  ever  with  thy  blood, 
And  cleanse  and  keep  me  clean. 

3.  Wash  me,  and  make  me  thus  thine  own 

Wash  me,  and  mine  thou  art : 

Wash  me,  but  not  my  feet  alone, 

My  hands,  my  head,  my  heart. 

4.  Th*  atonement  of  thy  blood  apply, 

'Till  faith  to  sight  improve  ; 
'Till  hope  in  full  fruition  die, 
And  all  my  soul  be  love. 

Hymn  245.  cm. 

1.  TESUS,  my  life,  thyself  apply, 
J    Thy  Holy  Spirit  breathe  : 
My  vile  affections  crucify, 

Conform  me  to  thy  death. 

2.  Conqu'ror  of  hell,  and  earth,  and  sin, 

Still  with  the  rebel  strive  ; 
Enter  my  soul  and  work  within, 
And  kill,  and  make  alive. 

3.  More  of  thy  life,  and  more  I  have, 

As  the  old  Adam  dies  : 
Bury  me,  Saviour,  in  thy  grave, 
That  I  with  thee  may  use. 

4.  Reign  in  me,  Ford,  thy  foes  controul, 

Who  would  not  own  thy  sway  ; 
DiiFrise  thine  image  through  my  soul, 
Shine  to  the  perfect  day. 

5.  Scatter  the  last  remains  of  sin, 

And  seal  me  thine  abode. 
O  make  me  glorious  all  within, 
A  temple  built  by  God. 


OS 


AND  PRAYER.  13, 

Hymn  246.  l.  m. 
THAT  my  load  of  sin  were  gone  ! 


that  I  could  at  last  submit, 
At  Jesu's  feet,  to  lay  it  down  I 
To  lay  my  soul  at  Jesu's  feet  I 
2.  Rest  for  my  sou]  I  long  to  find; 
Saviour  of  all*  if  mine  thou  art, 
Give  me  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart, 

S.  Break  oiTthe  yoke  of  inbred  sin, 
And  fully  set  my  spirit  free  ; 
I  cannot  rest,  'till  pure  within, 
'Till  I  am  wholly  lost  in  thee. 

4.  Fain  would  I  learn  of  thee  my  God ; 

Thy  light  and  easy  burden  prove, 
The  cross,  all  stain'dwith  hallow'd  bloody 
The  labour  of  thy  dying  love. 

5 .  I  would,  but  thou  must  give  the  pow'r ; 

My  heart  from  ev*ry  sin  release ; 
Bring  near,  bring  near  the  joyful  hour, 
And  fill  me  with  thy  perfect  peace. 

6.  Come,  Lord,  the  drooping  sinner  cheerv 

Nor  let  thy  chariot -wheels  delay : 
Appear,  in  my  poor  heart,  appear; 
My  God,  my  Saviour,  come  away. 


Hymn  247.    s.  h. 

1.  TESUS,  my  truth,  my  way, 
J    My  sure  unerring  light, 
On  thee  my  feeble  steps  I  stay, 

Which  thou  wilt  guide  aright. 

2.  My  wisdom  and  my  guide, 

My  counsellor  thou  art: 
O  let  me  never  leave  thy  side, 
Or  from  thy  paths  depart. 


184  SUPPLICATION 

3.  I  lift  mine  eyes  to  thee, 

Thou  gracious  bleeding  Lamb, 
That  I  may  now  enlighten'd  be, 
And  never  put  to  shame. 

4.  Never  will  I  remove 

Out  of  thy  hands  my  cause  ; 

But  rest  in  thy  redeeming  love,. 

And  hand  upon  thy  cross. 

5 .  Teach  me  the  happy  art, 

In  all  things  to  depend 
On  thee:  O  never,  Lord,  depart* 
But  love  me  to  the  end. 

S.  Still  stir  me  up  to  strive 

With  thee  in  strength  divine ; 
And  e  v'ry  moment,  Lord,  revive 
This  fainting  soul  of  mine. 


Hymn  248.   l.  u. 

2 ,  /^i  RE  AT  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim  ; 
\JJT   Le  thou  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest! 
The  glories  that  compose  thy  name, 
Stand  ail  engaged  to  make  me  blest. 

0.  Thou  great  and  good,  thou  just  and  wise, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God  ! 
And  I  am  thine  by  sacred  ties, 

Thy  son  and  servant ;  bought  with  blood, 

fJ.  With  heart,  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 
For  thee  I  long,  for  thee  I  look, 
As  travellers  in  thirsty  lands, 

Pant  for  the  cooling  water-brook. 

«t.  E'en  life  itself,  without  thy  love, 
No  lasting  pleasure  can  afford  ; 
Yea,  'twould  a  tiresome  burden  prove, 
If  I  were  bamsh'd  from  thee,  Lord! 


•         AND  PRAYER.  185 

5.  I'll  lift  my  hands,  I'll  raise  my  voice, 

While  I  have  breatli  to  pray  or  praise  i 
This  work  shall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 
Throughout  the  remnant  of  my  days. 

Hymn  249.    l.  m. 

1.  /"~\  THOU,  to  whose  all-searching  sight, 
V^/   The  darkness  shineth  as  the  light, 

Search,  prove  my  heart,  it  pants  for  thee  ; 
O  burst  these  bonds  and  set  it  free ! 

2.  Wash  out  its  stains,  refine  its  dross, 
Nail  my  affections  to  the  cross ! 
Hallow  each  thought ;  let  all  within 
Be  clean,  as  thou,  my  Lord,  art  clean. 

3.  If  in  this  darksome  wild  I  stray, 

Be  thou  my  light,  be  thou  my  way  ; 

No  foes,  no  violence  I  fear, 

No  fraud,  while  thou,  my  God,  art  near. 

4.  When  rising  Roods  my  soul  o'er  flow, 
When  sinks  my  heart  in  waves  of  woe  : 
Jesus,  thy  timely  aid  impart, 

And  raise  my  head,  and  cheer  my  heart. 

5.  Saviour,  where'er  thy  steps  I  see, 
Dauntless,  untir'd  I  follow  thee. 
O  let  thy  hand  support  me  still, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  holy  hill. 

6.  If  rough  and  thorny  be  the  way, 
My  strength  proportion  to  my  day  ; 
Till  toil,  and  grief,  and  pain  shall  cease, 
Where  all  is  calm,  and  joy  and  peace. 

Hymn  250.     s.  k. 

1.  TESUS,  my  Lord,  attend 
tl    Thy  feeble  creature's  cry  : 
And  shew  thyself  the  sinner's  friend. 
And  set  me  up  on  high. 
K2 


186  SUPPLICATION 

From  hell's  oppressive  pow'r 
My  struggling  soul  release  : 

And  to  thy  Father's  grace  restoi  e ; 
And  to  thy  perfect  peace. 

2.  Thy  blood  and  righteousness 

I  make  my  only  plea ; 
My  present  and  eternal  peace 

Are  both  deriv'd  from  thee. 
Rivers  of  life  divine 

From  thee  their  fountain  flow ; 
And  all  who  know  that  love  of  thine, 

The  joy  of  Angels  know. 

3.  Come  then,  impute,  impart 

To  me  thy  righteousness, 
And  let  me  taste,  how  good  thou  art, 

How  full  of  truth  and  grace  : 
That  thou  canst  here  forgive, 

Grant  me  to  testify, 
And  justify *d  by  faith  to  live, 

And  in  that  faith  to  die. 

♦Hymn  251.  cm. 

1.  /~\  SUN  of  Righteousness,  arise, 
V_^/  With  healing  in  thy  beam  ! 
To  my  cliseas'd,  my  fainting  soul, 

Life  and  salvation  bring. 

2.  These  clouds  of  pride  and  sin  dispel, 

By  thy  all-piercing  beam  ; 
Lighten  mine  eyes  with  faith,  my  heart- 
With  holy  hope  inflame. 

3.  My  mind  by  thy  all-quick'ning  pow'r 

From  low  desires  set  free  ; 
Unite  my  scatter'd  thoughts,  and  fix 
My  lo\e  entire  on  thee. 

4.  Father,  thy  long  \>st  son  receive; 

Saviour,  thy  purchase  ovs  a  : 


AND  PRAYER.  18/ 

Blest  Comforter,  with  peace  and  joy 
Thy  new-made  creature  crown. 

5.  Eternal,  undivided  Lord, 
Co-equal,  One  in  Three, 
On  thee  all  faith,  all  hope  be  plac'd, 
All  love  be  paid  to  thee. 

Hymn  252.     p.  m. 

1.  r  I  ^HOU  great  mysterious  God  unknown, 

X     Whose  love  hath  gently  led  me  on, 

Ev'n  from  my  infant  days  ; 
Mine  inmost  soul  expose  to  view, 
And  tell  me  if  I  never  knew, 

Thy  justifying  grace. 

2.  If  I  have  only  known  thy  fear, 
And  follow 'd  with  a  heart  sincere, 

Thy  drawing  from  above  : 
Now,  now  the  farther  grace  bestow, 
And  let  my  sprinkled  conscience  know,. 

Thy  sweet  forgiving  love. 

3.  Short  of  thy  love  I  would  not  stop, 
A  stranger  to  the  gospel  hope, 

The  sense  of  sin  forgiv'n : 
1  would  not,  Lord,  my  soul  deceive, 
Without  the  inward  witness  live, 

That  antepast  of  heav'n. 

4.  Whate'er  obstructs  thy  pard'ning  love, 
Or  sin,  or  righteousness,  remove, 

Thy  glory  to  display  : 
My  heart  of  unbelief  convince, 
And  now  absolve  me  from  my  sins, 

And  take  them  all  away. 


'■M 


Hymn  253.  l.  m. 

Y  hope,  my  all,  my  Saviour  thou, 
To  thee,  lo  !  now  my  soul  I  bow  : 


I  £8  SUPPLICATION 

I  feel  the  bliss  thy  wounds  impart, 
I  find  thee,   Saviour,  in  my  heart. 
2 .  Be  thou  my  strength,  be  thou  my  way, 
Protect  me  through  my  life's  short  day  ; 
In  all  my  acts  may  wisdom  guide, 
And  keep  me,  Saviour,  near  thy  side. 

3s.  Correct,  reprove,  and  comfort  me  ; 
As  I  have  need,  my  Saviour  be  : 
And  if  I  would  from  thee  depart, 
Then  clasp  me,  Saviour,  to  thy  heart. 

4.  In  fierce  temptation's  darkest  hour 
Save  me  from  sin  and  satan's  pow'r  ; 
Tear  ev'ry  idol  from  thy  throne, 
And  reign,  my  Saviour — -reign  alone. 

5.  My  suff'ring  time  shall  soon  be  o'er, 
Then  shall  I  sigh  and  weep  no  more  s 
My  ransom'd  soul  shall  soar  away. 
To  sing  thy  praise  in  endless  day. 

Hymn  254.   l.  m. 

1.  T  ^7"HEN,  gracious  Lord,  when  shall  it  be 

V  V     That  I  shall  find  my  all  in  thee  ! 
The  fulness  of  thy  promise  prove, 
The  seal  of  thine  eternal  love  ? 

2.  A  poor  blind  child  I  wander  here, 
If  haply  I  may  feel  thee  near  : 

0  dark  !  dark !   dark  !  I  still  must  say, 
Amidst  the  blaze  of  gospel-day. 

3.  Thee,  only  thee,  I  fain  would  find, 
And  cast  the  world  and  sin  behind  : 
Thou,  only~thou,  to  me  be  gn'n, 
Of  all  thou  hast  in  earth  or  heav'n. 

4.  When  from  the  arm  of  flesh  set  free, 
Jesus,  my  soul  shall  fly  to  thee  : 
Jesus,  when  I  have  lost  my  all, 

1  shall  upon  thy  bosom  fall. 


AND  PRAYER.  139 

Hymn  255.  l.  m. 

1.  T  J&  T'HOM  man  forsakes  thou  wilt  not  leave, 

V  V      Ready  the  outcasts  to  receive  ; 
Though  all  my  simpleness  I  own, 
And  all  my  faults  to  thee  are  known. 

2.  Ah  !  wherefore  did  I  ever  doubt  ? 
Thou  wilt  in  no  wise  cast  me  cut: 
A  helpless  soul  that  comes  to  thee, 
With  only  sin,  and  misery. 

i.  Lord,  I  am  sick,  my  sickness  cure  : 

I  want,  do  thou  enrich  the  poor  : 

Under  thy  mighty  hand  I  stoop  ; 

O  lift  the  abject  sinner  up  ! 
4.  Lord,  I  am  blind,  l^e  thou  my  sight : 

Lord,  I  am  weak,  be  thou  my  might ! 

A  helper  of  the  helpless  be, 

And  let  me  find  my  all  in  thee  ! 

Hymn  256.  l.  if. 

1.  TJIERCE,  fill  me  with  an  humble  fear  ;. 
JL      My  utter  helplessness  reveal  : 
Satan  and  sin  are  always  near  ; 

Thee,  may  I  always  nearer  feel ! 

2.  O  !  that  to  thee  my  constant  mind 

Might  with  an  even  flame  aspire  ; 
Pride  in  its  earli'st  motions  find, 
And  mark  the  risings  of  desire. 

3.  O  !  that  my  tender  soul  might  fly 

The  first  abhorrM  approach  of  ill  ; 
Quick,  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 
The  slightest  touch  of  sin  to  feel  ! 

4.  Till  thou  anew  my  soul  create, 

Stiil  may  I  strive,  and  watch  and  pray  : 
Humbly  and  confidently  wait, 
And  long  to  sec  the  perfect  day. 


190  SUPPLICATION 

Hymn  257.  l.  m. 

1.  /^|  GOD,  most  merciful  and  true, 
V^/  Thy  nature  to  my  soul  impart ; 
'Stablish  with  me  the  cov'nant  new, 

And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 

2.  To  real  holiness  restored, 

0  let  me  gain  my  Saviour's  mind  ^ 
And  in  the  knowledge  of  my  Lord 

Fulness  of  life  eternal  find. 

3.  Remember,  Lord,  my  sins  no  more ; 

Though  them  I  may  no  more  forget ; 
But,  sunk  in  guiltless  shame,  adore 
With  speechless  wonder  at  thy  feet. 

4.  O'erwhelm'd  with  thy  stupendous  grace 

1  shall  not  in  thy  presence  move ; 
But  breathe  unutterable  praise 

In  raptVous  awe  and  silent  love. 

5.  Then  ev'ry  murm'ring  thought  and  vain 

Expires,  in  sweet  confusion  lost : 
I  cannot  of  my  cross  complain, 
I  cannot  of  my  goodness  boast. 

6.  Pardon'd  for  ail  that  I  have  done, 

My  mouth  as  in  the  dust  I  hide* 
And  glory  give  to  God  alone, 
My  God  forever  pacify  *d  I 

Hymn  258.  c.  m. 

1.  T^OUNTAINofHfe,  toallbelovr, 
X?     Let  thy  salvation  roll  : 
Water,  replenish,  and  o'erflow 

Ev'ry  believing  soul. 

2.  Into „that  happy  number,  Lord, 

Us  weary  sinners  take  ; 
Jesus,  fulfill  thy  gracious  word, 
For  thine  own  mercy's  sake. 


AND  PRAYER.  I0t 

3.  Turn  back  our  nature's  rapid  tide, 

And  we  shall  flow  to  thee  k 
While  down  the  stream  of  time  we  glide, 
To  our  eternity. 

4.  The  well  of  life  to  us  thou  art, 

Of  joy  the  swelling*  flood  ; 
Wafted  by  thee,  with  willing  heart, 
We  swift  return  to  Cod. 

5.  We  soon  shall  reach  the  boundless  sea, 

Into  thy  fulness  fall  ; 
Be  lost  and  swallow 'd  op  in  thee, 
Our  God,  our  all  in  ail. 


Hvmn  259.  c.  m. 

*/ 

1.  T  ASK  the  gift  of  righteousness, 
JL   The  sin-subduing  pow'r  : 
Pow'r  to  believe  and  go  in  peace, 

And  never  grieve  thee  more. 

2.  My  ardent  soul  cries  out,  oppress'd, 

Impatient  to  be  freed  1 
Nor  can  I,  Lord,,  nor  will  I  rest, 
'Till  I  amsav'd  indeed. 

3.  Art  thou  not  able  to  convert, 

Art  thou  not  willing  too  ? 
To  change  this  clflj  rebellious  heart. 
To  conquer  and  renew  ? 


Hymn  260.   c.  m. 

Characters  of  the  children  of  God.    1.  Pet.  ii.  2 
1;  John  iii.  9. 

I.    AS  new-born  babes  desire  the  breast 
X\.  To  feed,  and  grow,  and  thrive  :         * 
So  s:ints  with  joy  the  gospel  taste, 
And  by  the  gospel 


I 


192  SUPPLICATION 

2.  Grace,  like  an  uncorrupted  seed> 

Abides  and  reigns  within  ; 
Immortal  principles  forbid 
The  sons  of  God  to  sin. 

3.  They  find  access  at  ev'ry  houp, 

To  Gopl  within  the  veil : 
Hence  they  derive  a  quick'ning  pow'r 
And  joys  that  never  fail. 

4.  O  happy  souls  1  O  glorious  state 

Of  overflowing  grace  ! 
To  dwell  so  near  their  father's  seat, 
And  see  his  lovely  face. 

Hymn  261.  cm. 

1.  "TV /T Y  hope  my  portion  and  my  God, 
_L\  JL  How  little  art  thou  known 

By  all  the  judgments  of  thy  rod, 
And  blessings  of  thy  throne. 

2.  How  cold  and  feeble  is  my  love  ! 

How  negligent  my  fear  ! 
How  low  my  hope  of  joys  above! 
How  few  affections  there  ! 

3.  Great  God!  thy  sov'reign  pow'r  impart, 

To  give  thy  word  success : 
Write  thy  salvation  in  my  heart, 
And  make  me  learn  thy  grace. 

4.  Shew  my  forgetful  feet  the  way 

That  leads  to  joys  on  high. 
There  knowledge  grows  without  decay, 
And  love  shall  never  die. 

Hymn  262.  l.  m. 

I.  TIT-HAT  various  hindrances  we  meet 
V  V     In  coming  to  a  mercy  seat ! 
Yet  who  that  knows  the  worth  of  pray  V 
liut  wishes  to  be  often  there? 


AND  PRAYER.  103 

2.  Pray'r  makes  the  darkened  cloud  withdraw 
Pray'r  climbs  the  ladder  Jacob  saw ! 
Gives  exercise  to  faith  and  love, 

Brings  ev'ry  blessing  from  above. 

3.  Restraining  pray'r  we  cease  to  fight; 
Pray'r  makes  the  christians  armour  bright ; 
And  satan  trembles  when  he  sees 

The  weakest  saint  upon  his  knees. 

4.  While  Moses  stood  with  arms  spread  wide, 
Success  was  found  on  Israel's  side  ; 

But  when  through  weariness  they  fail'd, 
T.iat  moment  Amalek  prevail'd. 

5.  Have  you  no  words  I  Ah,  think  again, 
Words  flow  apace  when  you  comp4ain, 
And  fill  your  fellow-creature's  ear 
With  the  sad  tale  of  all  your  care. 

6.  Were  half  the  breath  thus  vainly  spent, 
To  heav'n  in  supplication  sent; 

Your  cheerful  song  would  oft'ner  be, 
M  Hear  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  me.w 

Hymn  263.  p.  u. 

1.  TN  themselves,  as  weak  as  worms, 
X  How  can  poor  believers  stand, 
When  temptation's,  foes  and  stormsf 

Press  them  close  on  ev'ry  hand  ? 

2.  Weak,  indeed,  they  feel  they  are, 

But  they  know  the  throne  of  grace ; 
And  the  God  who  answers  pray'r 
Helps  them  when  they  seek  his  face. 

3.  Tho'  the  Lord  a  while  delay, 

Succour  they  at  length  obtain : 

He  who  taught  their  hearts  to  pray, 

Will  not  let  them  cry  in  vain. 

4.  Wrestling  pray'r  can  wonders  do. 

Bring  relief  in  deepest  straits ; 


194  SUPPLICATION 

Pray'r  can  force  a  passage  thro' 
Iron  bars  and  brazen  gates. 

5.  Hezekiah  on  his  knees 

Proud  Assy  ma*  s  host  subdu'cl; 
And  when  smitten  with  disease, 
Had  his  life  by  pray'r  renew'd. 

6.  Peter,  tho*  confin'd  and  chain 'd, 

Pray'r  prevail'd  and  brought  him  out; 
When  Elijah  pray'd  itrain'd, 

After  three  long  years  of  drought. 

7.  We  can  likewise  witness  bear, 

That  the  Lord  is  still  the  same ; 
Tho'  we  fear'd  he  would  not  hear, 
Suddenly  dcliv'rance  came. 

8.  For  the  wonders  he  hath  wrought, 

Let  us  now  our  praises  give : 

And  by  sweet  experience  taught, 

Call  upon  him  while  we  live. 

Hymn  264.   l.  m. 

1.  QPRINKLED  with  reconciling  blood, 

0  I  dare  approach  thy  throne,  O  God ; 
Thy  face  no  frowning  aspect  wears, 
Thy  hand  no  vcangeful  thunder  bears ! 

2.  Th'  encircling  rainbow,  peaceful  sign  ! 
Doth  with  refulgent  brightness  shine  ; 
And  while  my  feith  beholds  it  near, 

1  bid  farewell  to  ev'ry  fear. 

3.  Let  me  my  grateful  homage  pay  ; 
With  courage  sing,  with  fervotir  pray; 
And  the'  myself  a  wretch  undone, 
Hope  for  acceptance  thro'  thy  Son. 

4.  Tin-  Son,  when  on  th'  accursed  tree. 
ExpirM  to  set  the  vilest  free ; 

On  this  I  build  my  only  claim, 
And  all  I  ask  is  in  his  name. 


AND  PRAYER,  135 

Hymn  265.  l.  m. 

J.  TESUS,  where'er  thy  people  meet, 
J   Tnere  they  behold  thy  mercy-seat ; 
Where'er  they  seek  thee  thou  art  found, 
And  ev'ry  place  is  hallow'd  ground. 

2.  For  thou,  within  no  walls  confin'd, 
Inhabitest  the  humble  mind ; 

Such  ever  bring  thee,  where  they  come, 
And  going,  take  thee  to  their  home. 

3.  Dear  shepherd  of  thy  chosen  few ! 
Thy  former  mercies  here  renew ; 
Here,  to  our  waiting  hearts  proclaim 
The  sweetness  of  thy  saving  name. 

4.  Here  may  we  prove  the  pow'r  of  pray'r, 
To  strengthen  faith  and  sweeten  care ; 
To  teach  our  faint  desire3  to  rise, 
And  bring  all  heav,n  before  our  eyes. 

5.  Behold  at  thy  commanding  word, 
We  stretch  the  curtain  and  the  cord ; 
Come  thou,  and  fill  this  wider  space, 
And  bless  us  with  a  large  increase. 

6.  Lord,  we  are  few,  but  thou  art  near; 
Nor  short  thine  arm  nor  deaf  thine  ear ; 
Oh  rend  the  heavens,  come  quickly  down, 
And  make  a  thousand  hearts  thine  own. 

Hymn  266.   c.  m, 

I .  T>  EING  of  beings,  God  of  love, 
JL3  To  thee  our  hearts  we  raise : 
Thy  all-sustaining  pow'r  we  prove, 
And  gladly  sing  thy  praise. 

'3*  Thine,  wholly  thine,  we  pant  to  be, 
Our  sacrifice  receive  , 
Made,  and  preserved  and  sav'd  by  thee, 
To  thee  our  souls  we  give. 


196  FAITH. 

3.  Heav'n-ward  our  ev'i  y  wish  aspire s> 

For  all  thy  mercy's  store ; 
The  sole  return  thy  love  requires, 
Is  that  we  ask  for  more. 

4.  For  more  we  ask ;  we  open  then 

Our  hearts  t'  embrace  thy  will: 
Turn  and  beget  us,  Lord,  again ; 
With  all  thy  fulness  fill. 

5.  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  the  Saviour's  love 

Shed  in  our  hearts  abroad ! 

So  shall  we  ever  live  and  move, 

And  be  with  Christ  in  God. 


4.  FAITH. 
Hymn  267.  l.  m. 

1.  T7*  AITH  comes  by  hearing  God's  record 
JL    Concerning  Jesus  Christ  the  Lord ; 
The  happy  means  which  heav'n  hath  blest, 
To  bring  us  to  the  gospel-rest. 

2.  The  joyful  sound  is  news  of  grace, 
Redemption  of  a  fallen  race, 
Thro*  Jesu's  righteousness  divine, 
Which  bright  from  faith  to  faith  doth  shine. 

3.  The  promise  of  immortal  bliss 

We  have  in  Christ  our  righteousness: 
By  this  our  righteousness  is  bought, 
Faith  pleads  our  right,  but  buys  it  not. 

4.  True  Faith  receives  the  offcr'd  good, 
And  promise  seal'd  with  Jesu's  blood. 
Faith  gives  no  title  to  the  bliss, 

But  takes  the  Saviour's  righteousness. 


FAITH.  1» 

.  In  the  Redeemer,  as  my  head, 
The  cov'nant  is  established : 
In  him  the  promises  are  ijea, 
In  him  Amen*  and  not  in  me. 


\ 


Hymn  268.  s.  **. 

1 .  T^  AITH !— 'tis  a  precious  grw 
JL     Where'er  it  is  bestowed  i 
It  boasts  of  a  celestial  birth, 

And  is  the  gift  of  God. 

2.  Jesus  it  owns  a  King, 

An  all-atoning  Priest, 
It  claims  no  merit  of  its  own, 
But  looks  for  all  in  Christ. 

3.  To  him  it  leads  the  soul, 

When  fill'd  with  deep  distress ; 
Flies  to  the  fountain  of  his  blood, 
And  trusts  his  righteousness. 

4.  Since  'tis  thy  work  alone, 

And  that  divinely  free  ; 
Lord,  send  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son 
To  work  this  faith  in  me. 

Hymn  269.   cm. 

1.  TT^  AITH  adds  new  charms  to  earthly  bliss,  | 
J?  And  saves  me  from  its  snares  :  * 
Its  aid  in  ev'ry  duty  brings, 

And  softens  all  my  cares  : 

2.  Extinguishes  the  thirst  of  sin, 

And  lights  the  sacred  fire 
Of  love  to  God,  and  heav'nly  things, 
And  feeds  the  pure  desire. 

3.  The  wounded  conscience  knows  its  pow'i 

The  healing  balm  to  give  ; 
That  balm  the  saddest  heart  can  cheer, 
And  make  the  dying  live, 
s  2 


FAITH, 

4.  Wide  it  unveils  celestial  worlds, 

Where  deathless  pleasures  reigtt 
And  bids  me  seek  my  portion  there, 
Nor  bids  me  seek  in  vain. 

5.  Shews  me  the  precious  promise  seal'd 

With  the  Redeemer's  blood; 
And  helps  my  feeble  hope  to  rest 
Upon  a  faithful  God. 

6.  There,  there  unshaken  would  I  rest, 

'Till  this  vile  body  dies  ; 
And  then  on  Faith's  triumphant  wings 
At  once  to  glory  rise. 

Hymn  270.   l.  m. 

Faith  connected  with  salvation.  Rom.  i.  16. 
Heb.  x.  39. 

1.  "^TOT  by  the  law  of  innocence 

J^l     Can  A  clam's  sons  arrive  to  hcav'n: 
No  works  can  give  us  a  pretence 
To  Lave  our  former  sins  forgiv'n. 

2.  Not  the  best  deeds  that  we  have  done 

Can  make  a  wounded  conscience  whole  ; 
Faith  is  the  grace,  and  faith  alone, 

That  flies  to  Christ,  and  saves  the  souL 

3.  Lord,  I  believe  thy  heav'nly  word, 

Fain  would  I  have  my  soul  renew'd: 
I  mourn  for  sin,  and  trust  thee,  Lord, 
To  have  it  pardon'd  and  subduYt. 

4.  O  may  thy  grace  its  power  display  ! 

Let  guilt  and  death  no  longer  reign ; 
Save  me  in  thine  appointed  way, 
Nor  let  my  humble  faith  be  vain. 

Hymn  271.  l.  m. 

1.  'HT^IS  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come 

X     Wc  walk  through  deserts  dark  as  night. 


FAITH.  Uf 

'Till  we  arrive  at  heav'n,  our  home  ; 
Faith  is  our  guide,  and  faith  our  light. 

2.  The  want  of  sight  she  well  supplies, 

She  makes  the  pearly  gates  appear; 
Far  into  distant  worlds  she  pries, 
And  brings  eternal  glories  near. 

3.  Cheerful  we  tread  the  desert  through, 

While  faith  inspires  a  heav'nly  i&jr, 
Tno'  lions  roar,  and  tempests  blow, 
And  rocks  and  dangers  fill  the  way. 

4.  So  Abralrm,  by  divine  command, 

Left  his  own  house  to  walk  with  God ; 
His  faith  beheld  the  promis'd  land, 
And  fiVd  his  zeal  along  the  road. 

Hymn  272.     cm. 

1.  T    ORD,  I  believe  a  rest  remains 
I  a  To  all  thy  people  known : 

A  rest  where  pure  enjoyment  reigns  ; 
And  thou  art  lov'd  alone. 

2.  A  rest  where  all  our  soul's  desire 

Is  fix'd  on  things  above  ; 
Where  fear,  and  sin,  and  grief  expire, 
Cast  out  by  perfect  love. 

3.  I  would  be  thine,  thou  know'st  I  would, 

And  have  thee  all  my  own  ; 
Thee,  O  my  all-sufficient  good, 
1  want,  and  thee  alone. 

Hymn  273.   c.  m. 

1.  Tj1  ATHER,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  the*, 
JL      No  other  help  I  know : 

If  thou  Withdraw  thyself  from  me, 
Ah,  whither  shall  I  go  ? 

2.  What  did  thine  only  Son  endure, 

Before  I  drew  my  breath ! 


300  FAITH. 

What  pain,  what  labour  to  securer 
My  soul  from  endless  death ! 

3.  O  Jesus,  could  I  this  believe, 

I  now  should  feel  thy  pow'r  : 
Now  my  poor  soul  thou  wouldst  retrieve,- 
Nor  let  me  wait  one  hour, 

4.  Author  of  faith,  to  thee  I  lift 

My  weary,  longing  eyes ; 
O  let  me  now  receive  that  gift ; 
My  soul  without  it  dies. 

5.  Surely  thou  canst  not  let  me  die; 

O  speak  and  I  shall  live ! 

And  here  I  will  unwearyM  lie ; 

'Till  thou  thy  Spirit  give. 

6.  The  worst  of  sinners  would  rejoice* 

Could  they  but  see  thy  face, 
O  let  me  hear  thy  quick'ning  voice* 
And  taste  thy  pard'ning  grace  I 

Hymn  274.  p.  m. 

1.  TESUS,  Shepherd  of  thy  sheep, 
d    Pity  my  unsettled  soul: 
Guide,  and  nourish  me,  and  keep, 

'Till  thy  love  shall  make  me  whole  : 
Give  me  perfect  soundness,  give  ; 
Make  me  steadfastly  believe. 

2. 1  Tim  never  at  one  stay ; 

Changing  ev'ry  hour  I  am: 
But  thou  art  as  yesterday, 

Now  and  evermore  the  same : 
Constancy  to  me  impart, 
'Stablish  with  thy  grace  my  heart. 
3.  Lay  thy  weighty  cross  on  me, 

All  my  unbelief  controul : 
'Till  the  rebel  cease  to  be, 

Keep  him  down  within  my  soul; 


FAITH.  201 


That  he  never  more  may  move* 
Root  and  ground  me  fast  in  love. 
4.  Give  me  faith  to  hold  me  up, 

Walking'  over  life's  rough  sea ; 
Hcly  purifying  hope, 

Still  my  soul's  sure  anchor  be : 
That  I  may  be  always  thine, 
Perfect  me  in  love  divine. 

Hymn  275.  s.  m. 

FATHER,  I  dare  believe 
Thee  merciful  and  true  : 
Thou  wilt  my  guilty  soul  forgive, 
My  fallen  soul  renew. 

.  Come  then,  for  Jesu's  sake, 

And  bid  my  heart  be  clean : 
An  end  of  all  my  troubles  make  ; 

An  end  of  all  my  sin. 
.  I  cannot  wash  my  heart , 
But  by  believing  thee  : 
And  waiting  for  thy  blood  t'  impart 

The  spotless  purity. 
.  While  at  thy  cross  I  lie, 
Jesus,  the  grace  bestow ; 
Now,  thy  all-cleansing  blood  apply* 
And  make  we  white  as  snow. 

Hymn  276.  p.  m. 

I.  fl  AST  on  the  fidelity 
\^y    Of  my  redeming  Lord, 
I  shall  his  salvation  sec 

According  to  his  word  : 
Credence  to  his  word  I  give, 

My  Saviour  in  distresses  past 
Will  not  now  his  servant  leave, 

But  bring  me  through  at  last. 


202  FAITH. 

2.  Better  than  my  boding  fears 

To  me  thou  oft  hast  prov'd  ; 
Oft  observ'd  my  silent  tears, 

And  challenged  thy  belov'd  : 
Mercy  to  my  rescue  flew, 

And  death  ungrasp'd  his  fainting  prey 
Pain  before  thy  face  withdrew, 

And  sorrow  fled  away. 

3.  Now  as  yesterday  the  same, 

In  all  my  troubles  nigh, 
Jesus,  on  thy  word  and  name 

I  stedfastly  rely  : 
Sure  as  now  the  grief  I  feel, 

The  promis'd  joy  I  soon  shall  have. 
And  again  to  sinners  tell 

Thy  pow'r  and  will  to  save. 

4.  To  thy  blessed  will  resign'd, 

And  stay'd  on  that  alone, 
I  thy  perfect  strength  shall  find, 

Thy  faithful  mercies  own  : 
Compass'd  round  with  songs  of  praise, 

My  all  to  my  Redeemer  give  ; 
Spread  thy  miracles  of  grace, 

And  for  thy  glory  live. 

.  Hymn  277.  c.  m. 

JESUS,  my  Saviour,  full  of  grace, 
Be  thou  my  heart's  delight, 
Remain  my  fav'rite  theme  always, 
My  joy  by  day  and  night. 

2.  Hung'ring  and  thirsting  after  thee, 

May  I  be  found  each  hour, 
Humble  in  heart,  and  constantly 
Supported  by  thy  pow'r ! 

3.  May  thy  blest  Spirit  to  my  heart, 

Throughout  my  future  race 


HOPE.  Htg 


True  faith  and  constancy  impart, 
To  live  unto  thy  praise. 

,  The  myst'ry  of  redeeming  love] 

Be  ever  dear  to  me : 
'Till  I  shall  once  in  heav'n  above, 
Forever  dwell  with  thee. 


5.  HOPE. 


Hymn  278.  s.  m.    j 

1.  /^1  OME,  Lord,  and  help  me  to  rejoice, 
\^y  In  hope  that  I  shall  hear  thy  voice, 

Shall  one  day  see  my  God ; 
Shall  cease  from  all  my  sins  and  strife, 
Handle  and  taste  the  word  of  life, 

And  feel  the  sprinkled  blood. 

2.  I  shall  not  always  make  my  moan, 
Nor  worship  thee  a  God  unknown, 

But  I  shall  live  to  prove 
Thy  people's  rest  and  saints'  delight, 
The  length,  and  breadth,  and  depth,  and  height 

Of  thy  redeeming  love. 

3.  Rejoicing  now  in  earnest  hope, 
I  stand,  and  from  the  mountain-top  f 

See  all  the  land  below: 
Rivers  of  milk  and  honey  rise, 
And  all  the  fruit  of  paradise 

In  endless  plenty  grow : 

4.  A  land  of  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil, 
Favour'd  with  God's  peculiar  smile, 

With  ev'iy  blessing  blest; 
There  dwells  the  Lord  our  righteousness^ 
And  keeps  his  own  in  perfect  peace, 

And  everlasting  rest. 


204  HOPE. 

Hymn  279.  c.  m. 

t.  /~\  JOYFUL  sound  of  gospel-grace, 
V^/  Christ  shall  in  me  appear ! 
I,  even  I  shall  see  his  face ; 
I  shall  be  holy  here. 

2.  The  glorious  crown  of  righteousness 

To  me  reach'd  out  I  view  ; 
Conqu'ror  through  him  I  soon  shall  seize 
And  wear  it  as  my  due. 

3.  The  promis'd  land  from  Pisgah's  top 

I  now  exult  to  see  ; 
My  hope  is  full  (O  glorious  hope) 
Of  immortality  ! 

4.  He  visits  now  this  house  of  clay  ; 

He  shakes  his  future  home  : 
O  would'st  thou,  Lord,  on  this  glad  day, 
Into  thy  temple  come. 

5.  With  me,  I  know,  I  feel  thou  art, 

But  this  cannot  suffice, 
Unless  thou  plantest  in  my  heart 
A  constant  paradise. 

$.  My  earth  thou  water'st  from  on  high  ; 
Oh  make  it  all  a  pool ! 
Spring  up,  O  well,  I  ever  cry, 
Spring  up  within  my  soul. 


Hymn  280.   p.  m. 

I.  "V^E  contrite  sinners,  hear, 
X    Ye  piis'ners  of  the  Lord, 
And  wait  till  Christ  appear, 

According  to  his  word ; 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 


HOPE.  205 

"3.  The  Lord,  our  righteousness, 

We  have  long  since  receiv'd : 
Salvation  nearer  is 

Than  when  we  first  belie  v'd ; 
Rejoice  in  Lope.  kc. 

3.  In  God  we  put  our  trust: 

If  we  our  sins  confess, 
Faithful  he  is.  and  just. 

From  all  unrighteousness 
To  cleanse  us  all,  both  you  and  me, 
We  shall  from  ail  our  sins  be  free. 

4.  Surely  in  us  the  hope 

Of  glory  shall  appear; 
Sinners,  your  heads  lift  up, 

And  see  redemption  near ; 
Again,  I  say,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  cur  sins  be  free. 

Hymn  281.  c.  if. 

1 .  T"  TOW  happy  ev'ry  child  of  grace, 
X  X   Who  knows  his  sins  forgiv'n ! 
This  earth,  he  cries,  is  not  my  place, 

I  seek  my  place  in  heav'n : 
A  country  far  from  mortal  sight : 

Vet,  O !  by  faith  I  see 
The  land  of  rest-  the  saints'  delight, 

The  heav'n  prcpar'd  for  me. 

2.  O  what  a  blessed  hope  is  ours ! 

While  here  on  earth  we  stay, 
We  more  than  taste  the  heav'nly  pow'rs, 

And  antedate  that  day: 
We  feel  the  resurrection  near, 

Our  life  in  Christ  conceal'd, 
And  with  his  glorious: presence  here 

Our  earthen  vessels  fill'd. 

mid  he  more  of  heav'n  bestow ! 

And  when  the  vessels  break; 
T 


HOPE. 

Our  ransorn'd  splits  then  shall  go, 

To  grasp  the  God  we  seek. 
In  rapt'rous  awe  on  him  I'll  gaze, 

Who  bought  the  sight  for  me, 
And  shout  and  wonder  at  his  grac€ 

Through  all  eternity! 

Hymn  282,  p.  m. 

1.  dT\  Glorious  hope  of  perfect  love  ! 
\J   It  lifts  me  up-to  things  above  ! 

Ic  bears  on  eagles'  wings ; 
It  gives  my  ravish'd  soul  to  taste, 
And  makes  me  for  some  moments  feast 

With  Jesu's  priests  and  king*. 

2.  The  things  eternal  I  pursue; 
A  happiness  beyond  the  view 

Of  those  that  basely  pant 
For  things  by  nature  felt  and  seen : 
Their  honours,  wealth,  and  pleasures  mean, 

I  neither  have  nor  want. 
J.  Nothing  on  earth  I  call  my  own : 
A  stranger  to  the  world,  unknown, 

I  all  their  goods  despise : 
I  trample  on  their  whole  delight, 
And  seek  a  city  out  of  sight, 

A  city  in  the  skies. 

4.  There  is  my  house  and  portion  fair, 
My  treasure  and  my  heart  are  there, 

And  my  abiding  home ; 
Forme  my  elder  brethren  stay, 
And  at! gels  beckon  me  away, 

.And  Jesus  bids  ine  come  ! 

5.1  come,  thy  Lordj  replies, 

I  come,  to  meet  thee  in  the  ski. 

And  claim  tfty  heavHllj 
Now  let  the  pilgrim'-  journey  end, 
Now,  O  my  Saviour,  fin  end, 

Receive  me  to  tbv 


LOVE,  ZQ7 

6.  LOVE. 
Hymn  283,   l.  m. 

Love  to  God.  1  Cor.  xiii.  8. 

1.  T  TAPPY  the  heart,  where  graces  reign> 
11  Where  love  inspires  the  breast: 
Love  is  the  brightest  of  the  train, 
And  strengthens  all  the  rest. 

3.  Knowledge,  alas  !  'tis  all  in  vain, 
And  all  in  vain  our  fear  : 
Our  stubborn  sins  will  fight  and  reign, 
If  io\*be  absent  there. 

3.  'Tis  love  that  makes  our  cheerful  feet 

In  swift  obedience  move  ; 
The  devils  know,  and  tremble  too, 
But  devils  cannot  love. 

4.  This  is  the  grace  that  lives  and  sings, 

When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease  ; 
'Tis  this  shall  strike  our  joyful  strings 
In  the  sweet  realms  of  bliss. 

Hymn  284.   cm. 

Charity.    1  Cor.  xiii.  2,  7,  12, 

1.  T    ET  Pharisees  of  high  esteem 
1  J  Their  faith  and  zeal  declare, 

All  their  religion  is  a  dream, 
Ii  love  be  wanting  there. 

2.  Love  suffers  long  with  patient  eye, 

Nor  isprovok'd  in  haste  ; 
She  lets  the  present  inj'ry  die, 
And  long  forgets  the  past. 

3.  Malice  and  rage,  those  fires  of  hell, 

She  quenches  with  her  tongue  ; 
Hopes  and  believes,  and  thinks  no  ill, 
Tha'  she  endures  the  wrong. 


203  LOVE. 

4.  She  ne'er  desires  nor  seeks  to  know 

The  scandals  of  the  time  ; 
Nor  locks  with  pride  on  those  below, 
Nor  envies  those  that  climb. 

5.  She  lays  her  own  advantage  by, 

To  seek  her  neighbour's  good  ; 

So  God's  own  Son  came  down  to  die, 

And  bought  cur  lives  with  blood. 

6.  Love  is  the  grace  that  keeps  her  pow'r, 

In  all  the  realms  above  ; 
Their  faith  and  hope  are  known  no  more 
But  saints- for  ever  love. 


Hymn  285.  cm. 

Love  to  our  Neighbour,  Luke  x.  29,  37. 
!.  "Tp  ATHER  of  mercies,  send  thy  grace, 
JL     All-pow'rful  from  above, 
To  form,  in  our  obedient  souls, 
The  image  of  thy  love. 

2.  O  may  our  sympathizing  breasts 

That  gen'rous  pleasure  know  ; 
Kindly  to  share  in  others  joy, 
And  weep  for  others  woe. 

3.  When  the  most  helpless  sons  of  grief 

In  low  distress  are  laid, 
Soft  be  our  hearts  their  pains  to  feel, 
And  swift  our  hands  to  aid. 

4.  So  Jesus  look'd  on  dying  man. 

When  thron'd  above  the  skies; 
And,  'mid  th'  embraces  of  hia  God, 
He  felt  compassion  rise. 

5.  On  wings  of  love  the  Saviour  flew 

To  raise  us  from  the  ground  ; 
And  shed  the  richest  of  his  blood, 
A  balm  for  ev'ry  wound. 


LOVE.  209 

Hymn  286.    l.  m. 

1.  f~\  WHAT  stupendous  mercy  shiner 
V^/  Around  die  majesty  of  heav'n  I 
Rebels  he  deigns  to  call  his  sons, 
Tneir  Souis  renew'd,  their  sins  forgiv'n, 

2.  Go,  imitate  the  grace  divine, 
The  grace  that  blazes  like  a  sun  ; 
Hold  forth  your  fair,  tho'  feeble  light, 
Tnro'  ail  your  lives  let  mercy  run. 

3.  Upon  your  bounty's  willing  wings 
Swift  let  the  needed  blessing  fly ; 
The  hungry  feed,  the  naked  clothe? 
To  pain  and  sickness  help  apply. 

4.  Pity  the  weeping  widow's  woe, 
And  be  her  counsellor  and  9tay ; 
Adopt  the  fatherless,  and  smooth 
To  useful,  happy  life  his  way. 

5.  Let  age  with  want  and  weakness  bow'd 
Your  bowels  of  compassion  move, 
Let  e'en  your  enemies  be  bless'd, 
Their  hatred  recompenc'd  with  love. 


Hymn  287.  s.  m. 

1.  T)  LEST  be  the  tie  that  binds 
AJ  Our  hearts  in  christian  love ; 
The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 
Is  like  to  that  above. 
3.  Before  our  Father's  throne 
We  pour  our  ardent   prayers  ; 
Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one, 
Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 
S.  We  share  our  mutual  woes: 
Our  mutual  burdens  bear ; 
And  often  for  each  other  flows  i 
Tke  sympathizing  tear. 
T  2 


*iO  IX)  VI 

4.  When  we  asunder  part, 
It  gives  us  inward  pain  ; 

But  we  shall  still  be  join'd  in  lieu1. 
And  hope  to  meet  again. 

5.  This  glor'ous  hope  revives 
Our  courage  by  the  way  ; 

While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  see  the  day. 

6.  From  sorrow,  toil  and  pain, 
And  sin  we  shall  be  free  ; 

And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reig$ 
Through  all  eternity. 

Hymn  288.  s.  m. 

Christian  "Love.    Gal.  iii.  2 8^ 

1.  "I"    ET  party  blames  no  more 

jL^i  The  christian  wodd  o'ersprea»d ; 
Gentile  and  Jew,  and  bond  and  free. 
Are  one  in  Christ  their  head. 

2.  Among  the  saints  on  earth 
Let  mutual  love  be  found; 

Heirs  of  the  same  inheritance 

With  mutual  blessings  crown 'd. 

3.  Let  envy,  child  of  hell ! 
Be  banish'd  far  away  ; 

Those  should  in  strictest  friendship  dwel1, 
Who  the  same  Lord  obey. 

4.  Thus  will  the  church  below 
Resemble  that  above, 

Where  streams  of  pleasure  ever  flaw, 
And  ev'ry  heart  is  love. 

Hymn  289.  x.  u. 

Love  and  hatred.    Phil.  ii.  2.     Eph.  iv.  30,  ke- 
if. "VTow  by  the  bowels  of  my  God, 

JJN  His  sharp  distress,  his  sore  complaints, 


LOVE.  Si* 

By  his  last  groans,  his  dying  blood, 
I  charge  my  soul  to  love  the  saints. 

2.  Clamour,  and  wrath,  and  war  be  gone, 

Envy  and  spite  for  ever  cease, 
Let  bitter  words  no  more  be  known 
Among  the  saints,  the  sons  of  peace. 

3.  The  Spirit,  like  a  peaceful  dove, 

Flies  from  the  realms  of  noise  and  strife;; 
Why  should  we  vex  and  grieve  his  love, 
Who  seaJs  our  souls  to  haav'nlyiife  I 

4.  Tender  and  kind  be  all  our  thoughts, 

Through  all  our  lives  let  mercy  run: 
So  God  forgives  our  num'rous  faults 
For  the  dear  sake  of  Christ  his  Son, 

Hymn  290.  c.  m. 

1.  ,rT^ISpure  delighu  without .alloif^ 

JL     Jesus  to  hear  tny  name, 
My  spirit  leaps  with  inward  joy, 
To  feel  the  sacred  flame. 

2.  My  passions  hold  a  pkasing  reign* 

While  love  inspires  my  breast. 
Love,  the  divinest  of  the  train, 
The  ^ov'reign  of  the  res.t. 

3.  This  is  the  grace  must  live  and  sing. 

When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease. 
Must  sound  from  ev'ry  joyful  string 
Through  the  sweet  realms  of  :bliss>. 

4.  Let  life  immortal  seize  my  clay, 

Let  love  refine  my  blood  : 
Her  flames  can  bear  my  soul  awayf 
And  bring  me  near  my  God. 


'A 


Hymn  291.  l.  m. 

ND  is  the  gospel  peace  and  love  J 
Such  let  ,our  convesrsatiott  ibe ; 


213  LOVE. 

The  serpent  blended  with  the  dove, 
Wisdom  and  meek  simplicity. 

2.  Whene'er  the  angry  passions  rise, 

And  tempt  our  thoughts  or  tongues  to  strife* 
To  Jesus  let  us  lift  our  eyes, 

Bright  pattern  of  the  christian  life ! 

3.  O  how- benevolent  and  kind! 

How  mild !  how  ready  to  forgive ! 
Be  this  the  temper  of  our  mind, 

And  these  the  rules  by  wiiich  we  live. 

Hymn  292.    p.  m. 

i .  f^\  LOVE  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art ! 
V^>/  When  shall  I  find  my  willing  heart, 

All  taken  up  by  thee  ! 
I  thirst,  I  faint,  I  die  to  prove, 
The  greatness  of  redeeming  love, 
The  love  of  Christ  to  me. 

2.  Stronger  his  love  than  death  or  hell, 
Its  riches  are  unsearchable  ; 

The  first  born  sons  of  light 
Desire  in  vain  its  depth  to  see ; 
They  cannot  reach  the  mystery. 

The  length,  and  breadth,  and  height 

3.  God  only  knows  the  love  of  God ; 
O  that  it  now  were  shed  abroad 

In  this  poor  stony  heart ! 
For  love  I  sigh,  for  love  I  pine  ; 
This  only  portion,  Lord,  be  mine ! 

Be  mine  this  better  part. 


T 


Hymn  293.     p.  m. 

From  the  German. 

HEE  will  1  love,  my  strength,  my  tow t. 
Thee  will  1  luvc,  my  joy,  my  crown, 


LOVE. 

Thee  will  I  tove  with  all  my  powV, 

In  all  my  works  and  thee  alone  : 
Thee  will  I  love,  till  the  pure  lire 
Fill  my  whole  soul  with  chaste  desire. 

v.  Ah!  why  did  I  so  late  thee  know, 

Thee,  lovelier  than  the  sens  of  men  ! 

Ah  !  why  did  I  no  sooner  go 
To  thee,  the  only  ease  in  p? 

Asham'd  I  sigh  and  inly  mourn, 

That  I  so  late  to  thee  did  turn. 

3.  In  darkness  willingly  I  stray 'd; 

I  sought  thee,  yet  from  thee  I  ro\M ; 
Far  wide  my  wandering  thoughts  were  spread? 

Thy  creatures  more  than  thee  I  lov'd; 
And  now  if  more,  at  length,  I  see, 
5 Tis  thro'  thy  light  and  comeb  from  t 

4.  I  thank  thee,  uncreated  Sun, 

That  thy  bright  beams  on  me  have  shin'dj 
I  thank  thee,  who  hast  overthrown 

My  foes,  and  heal'd  my  wounded  mind  ; 
I  thank  thee,  whose  enliv'ning  voice,  ■ 
Bids  my  freed  heart  in  thee  rejoice. 

5.  Uphold  me  in  the  doubtful  race, 

Nor  suffer  me  again  to  stray  ; 
Strengthen  my  feet.v.itl-  steady  pace, 

StHl  to  press  forward  in  the 
My  soul  and  flesh,  O  Lord  of  might, 
Fill,  satiate  with  thy  heav'nly  lig 

Hymn  294.     cm. 

1.  TNITI\ITE,  unexhausted  love ! 

A  Jesus  and  love  are  one  ; 
If  still  to  me  thy  bowels  move, 
They  are  restrain'd  to  none. 

2.  What  shall  I  do  my  God  to  lotfc 

My  loving  God  to  praise  ? 


214  LOVE. 

The  length,  and  breadth,  and  height  to  prove* 

And  depth  of  sov'rcign  grace  ? 

3.  Thy  sov'reign  grace  to  all  extends, 

Immense  and  unconfin'd  ; 
From  age  to  age  it  never  ends, 
It  reaches  all  mankind. 

4.  Throughout  the  world  its  breadth  is  known, 

Wide  as  infinity ; 
So  wide,  it  never  pass'd  by  one, 
Or  it  had  pass'd  by  me. 

5.  My  trespass  was  grown  up  to  heav'n ; 

But  far  above  the  skies, 
In  Christ  abundantly  forgiv'n, 
I  see  thy  mercies  rise. 

6.  The  depth  of  all-redeeming  love, 

What  angel  tongue  can  tell  ? 
O  may  I  to  the  utmost  prove 
The  gift  unspeakable. 

Hymn  295.   l.  m  . 

1.  /^N  OME,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above ! 
\^y  Assist  me  with  thy  hcav'nly  grace ; 
Empty  my  heart  of  earthly  love, 

And  for  thyself  prepare  the  place. 

2.  O  let  thy  sacred  presence  fill, 

And  set  my  longing  spirit  free  ? 
Which  pants  to  have  no  other  will, 
But  night  and  day  to  feast  on  thee. 

3.  While  in  this  region  here  below, 

No  other  good  will  I  pursue ; 
I'll  bid  this  world  of  noise  and  show, 
With^ill  its  glitt'ring  snares,  adieu 

4.  Tnat  path  with  humble  speed  I'll  seek. 

In  which  my  Saviour's  footsteps  shine; 
Nor  will  I  hear,  nor,  will  I  speak. 
Of  any  ether  love  but  thine. 


LOVE.  215 

5,  Henceforth  may  no  profane  delight 

Divide  this  consecrated  soul : 
Possess  it  thou  who  hast  the  right, 
As  Lord  and  Master  of  the  whole. 

6.  Nothing  on  earth  do  I  desire, 

But  thy  pure  love  within,  my  breast , 
This,  only  this,  will  I  require, 
And  freely  give  up  all  the  rest. 

Hymn  296.  c.  m. 

1.  TESUS  hath  dy'dthatl  might  life, 
<J    Might  live  to  God  alone  ; 

In  him  eternal  life  receive, 
And  be  in  spirit  one. 

2.  Saviour,  I  thank  thee  for  thy  grace, 

The  gift  unspeakable  : 
And  wait  with  arms  of  faith  t*  embrace, 
And  all  thy  love  to  feel. 

3.  My  soul  breaks  out  in  strong  desire, 

The  perfect  bliss  to  prove  ; 
My  longing  heart  is  all  on  fire, 
To  be  dissolv'd  in  love. 

4.  Give  me  thyself,  from  ev'ry  boasts 

From  ev'ry  sin  set  free  ; 
Let  all  I  am  in  thee  be  lost, 
But  give  thyself  to  me. 

Hymn  297.  p.  m. 

1.  ,rT~1IS  a  point  I  long  to  know, 

X     Oft  it  causes  anxious  thoughts  ; 
Do  I  love  the  Lord  or  no  ; 
Am  I  his,  or  am  I  not  ? 

If  I  love,  why  am  I  thus  ? 

Why  this  dull  and  lifeless  frame  ? 
Hardly,  sure,  can  they  be  worse, 

Who  have  never  heard  kis  name. 


21*  LOVE. 

3.  Could  my  heart  so  hard  remain, 

Pray'r  a  task  and  burden  prove  ; 
Ev'ry  trifle  give  me  pain, 

If  I  knew  a  Saviour's  love  ? 
4.  When  I  turn  mine  eyes  within, 

O  how  dark,  and  vain,  and  wild  ! 
Prone  to  unbelief  and  sin, 

Can  I  deem  myself  a  child  ? 

5.  If  I  pray,  or  hear,  or  read, 
Faith  is  weak  in  all  I  do  ; 
You  that  love  the  Lord  indeed, 
Tell  me  Is  it  thus  with  you  ? 

<).  Yet  I  mourn  my  stubborn  will, 
Find  my  sin  a  grief  and  thrall  ! 
Should  I  grieve  for  what  I  feel, 
If  I  did  not  love  at  all  ? 

7.  Could  I  joy  with  saints  to  meet, 

Choose  the  ways  I  once  abhoriM 
Find,  at  times,  the  promise  sweet, 
If  I  did  not  love  the  Lord  ? 

8.  Lord,  decide  the  doubtful  case  ! 

Thou,  who  art  thy  people's  sun  ; 
Shine  upon  thy  work  of  grace, 
If  it  be  indeed  begun. 

9.  Let  me  love  thee  more  and  more, 

If  I  love  at  ah,  I  pray  ; 
If  I  have  not  lov'd  before, 
Help  me  to  begin  to-day. 

Hymn  298.  c.  m. 

1.  TESUS,  united  by  thy  grace, 
«J  And  v:\ch  to  each  endear'd  : 
With  confidence  we  seek  thy  face, 

And  know  our  pray'r  h  heard. 

2.  Still  let  us  own  our  common  Lord, 

And  bear  thine  easy  yoke, 


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A  band  of  love,  a  three-fold  cord, 
Which  never  can  be  broke. 
j.  Make  us  into  one  spirit  drink  ; 
>  Bapiize  into  thy  name  ; 
And  let  us  always  kindly  think. 
And  sweetly  speak  the  same. 
Touch  Yi  by  the  loadstone  of  thy  love, 
Let  all  our  hearts  agree  ; 
"  And  ever  tVarcls  each  other  move. 

And  ever  move  t\vards  thee. 
>.  To  thee  inseparably  join *d, 
Let  all  our  spirits  cleave  : 
O  may  we  all  the  loving  mind 
That  was  in  thee  receive  ! 
•    6.  This  is  the  bond  of  perfectness, 
Thy  spotless  charity  : 
O  let  us  still,  we  pray,  possess 
The  mind  that  was  in  thee. 


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Hymn  299.  l.  m. 

Holiness  and  Grace.     Tit.  ii.    10— IS, 

1.  Q<  O  let  our  lips  and  lives  express 
O  The  holy  gospel  we  profess  ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtues  shine. 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine. 

2.  Tnus  shall  we  best  proclaim  abroad 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour-God ; 
When  the  salvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  subdues  the  pow'r  of  sin. 

3.  Our  flesh  and  sense  must  be  deny'd, 
Passion  and  envy,  lust  and  pride  ; 

Whilst  justice,  temp'rance,  truth,  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 
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5 1 8  S  ANCTIFIC  ATION ; 

4.  Religion  bears  our  spirits  up, 

Whilst  we  expect  that  blessed  hope, 
Tne  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord, 
And  faith  stands  leaning  on  his  word. 

Hymn  300.  c.  m. 

Garments  of  salvation,  Isa.  lxi.  10. 

1.  A    WAKE  my  heart,  arise  my  tongue, 
Jl\.  Prepare  a  tuneful  voice  : 

In  God,  the  life  of  all  my  joys, 
Aloud  will  I  rejoice. 

2.  'Tis  he  adorn'd  my  naked  soul, 

And  made  salvation  mine  ; 
Upon  a  poor  polluted  worm 
He  makes  his  graces  shine. 

3.  And  lest  the  shadow  of  a  spot 

Should  on  my  soul  be  found, 
He  took  the  robe  the  Saviour  wrought, 
And  cast  it  all  around. 

4.  How  far  this  heav'nly  robe  exceeds 

What  earthly  princes  wear ! 
These  ornaments  how  bright  they  shine! 
How  white  the  garments  are ! 

5.  The  Spirit  wrought  by  faith,  and  love, 

And  hope,  and  ev'ry  grace  ; 
But  Jesus  spent  his  life,  to  work 

The  robe  of  righteousness. 
t).  Strangely,  my  soul,  art  thou  array 'd 

By  the  great  sacicd  Three  ! 
In  sweetest  harmony  of  praise 

Let  all  thy  pow'rs  agree. 

Hymn  301.'  c.  m. 
Jldrnjin  the  fetor  of  Gael  all  the  day  !u?ig\   Prow 
ti.  17. 
L  r  I^HRICK  ouls,  who  born  of  heav'n* 

X     Whilst  yet  they  sojourn  here. 


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Humbly  begin  their  clays  with  God, 
And  spend  them  in  his  fear  ! 
2.  So  mar  our  eyes  with  holy  zeal 

Prevent  the  dawning  day  ; 
And  turn  the  sacred  pages  o'er, 
And  praise  thy  name  and  pray. 

3.  Midst  hourly  cares  may  love  present 

Its  incense  to  thy  throne ; 
And,  while  the  world  our  hands  empldyy 
Our  hearts  be  thine  alone  1 

4.  As  sanctify 'd  to  noblest  ends, 

Be  each  refreshment  sought, 
And  by  each  var'ous  providence 
*       Some  wise  instruction   brought. 
3.  When  to  labor'ous  duties  ealrM, 
•.         Or  by  temptations  try'd, 
•       We'll  seek  the  shelter  of  thy  wings, 
And  in  thy  strength  confide. 

•  6.  As  diff'rent  scenes  of  life  arise, 
Our  grateful  hearts  would  be 
With  thee,  amidst  the  social  band, 
In  solitude  with  thee. 

7.  At  night  we  lean  our  weary  heads 

On  thy  paternal  breast ; 
And,  safely  folded  in  thine  arms, 
Resign  oar  pow'rs  to  rest. 

8.  In  solid  pure  delights,  like  these, 

Let  all  my  days  be  past; 
Nor  shall  I  then  impatient  wish, 
Nor  shall  I  fear  the  last. 

Hymn  302.  l.  m. 

1.  TJ  EHOLD  the  sons,  the  heirs  of  God, 

X3   So  clearly  bought  with  Jesu's  blood  I 
Are  they  not  oorp  to  heav'nly  joys, 
And  shall  they  stoop  to  earthly  toys? 


2:20  SANCTIFICATION. 

2.  Can  laughter  fill  th'  immortal  mind  I 
Were  spirits  of  celestial  kind 
Made  for  a  jest,  for  sport  and  play, 
To  wear  out  time,  and  waste  the  day  ? 

3.  Doth  vain  discourse,  or  empty  mirth 
Well  suit  the  honours  of  their  birth  ? 
Shall  they  be  fond  of  gay  attire, 
Which  children  love,  and  fools  admire  ? 

4.  What  if  we  wear  the  richest  vest  ? 
Peacocks  and  flies  are  better  drest ; 
This  flesh,  with  all  its  gaudy  forms, 
Must  drop  to  dust,  and  feed  the  worms. 

5.  Lord,  raise  our  thoughts  and  passions  high'r ;      * 
Touch  our  vain  souls  with  sacred  fire  ; 
Then,  with  a  heav'n-directed  eye, 
We'll  pass  these  glitt'ring  trifles  by. 

Hymn  303.   c.  m. 

K  /~\  FOR  a  heart  to  praise  my  Gcd, 
\_S   A  heart  from  sin  set  free  ! 
A  heart  that  always  feels  thy  blood, 
So  freely  spilt  for  me. 

2.  A  heart  resign'd,  submissive,  meek, 

My  great  Redeemer's  throne  ; 
Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  speak, 
Where  Jesus  reigns  alone. 

3.  O  for  a  lowly  contrite  heart, 

Believing,  true  and  clean ! 
Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  part 
From  him  that  dwells  within. 

4.  A  heart  in  ev'ry  thought  rcnew'd, 

And  full  of  love  divine  ; 
Perfect,  and  right,  and  pure,  and  good, 
A  copy,  Lord,  of  thine. 


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Hymn  304.  l.  m. 

1.  T  TOLY.  and  true,  and  righteous  Lord, 
JL  X   I  wait  to  prove  thy  perfect  will ; 
Be  mindful  of  thy  gracious  word, 

And  stamp  me  with  thy  Spirit's  seal. 

2.  Open  my  faith's  interior  eye: 

Display  thy  glory  from  above ; 
And  all  I  am  shall  sink  and  die, 
Lost  in  astonishment  and  love. 

3.  Confound,  o'erpow'rme  by  thy  grace : 

I  would  be  by  myself  abhorM; 
All  might,  all  majesty,  all  praise, 
All  glory  be  to  Christ  my  Lord! 

4.  Now  let  me  gain  perfection's  height*. 

Now  let  me  into  nothing  fall, 
As  less  than  nothing  in  my  sight, 
And  feel  that  Christ  is  all  in  all ! 

Hymn  305.  c.  m. 

J .  A"N  OME,  thou  omniscient  Son  of  man, 
\^y    Display  thy  sifting  pow'r  ; 
Come  with  thy  Spirit's  winn'wing  fan, 
And  throughly  purge  thy  floor. 

2.  The  chaff  of  sin,  th'  accursed  things 

Far  from  our  souls  be  driv'n  : 
The  wheat  into  thy  garner  bring, 
And  lay  us  up  fpr  heav'n. 

3.  Look  through  us  with  thine  eyes  of  flam^, 

The  clouds  and  darkness  chase : 
And  tell  us  what  by  sin  we  are, 
And  what  we  are  by  grace. 

4.  Whate'er  offends  thy  glorious  eyes, 

Far  from  our  hearts  remove  : 
As  dust  before  the  whirlwind  flies, 
Disperse  it  by  thy  love. 
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222  SANCTIFICATION 

5.  Then  let  us  all  thy  fulness  know, 
From  ev'ry  sin  set  free  : 
Sav'd,  to  the  utmost,  sav'd  below. 
And  perfected  by  thee. 

Hymn  306.   l.  m. 

1.  A    ^  inward  baptism  of  pure  fire, 
X\    Wherewith  to  be  baptiz'd  I  have  ;. 
'Tis  all  my  longing  soul's  desire  ; 

This,  only  tliis  my  soul  can  save. 

2.  Straight'ned  I  am,  till  this  be  done  'f. 

Kindle  in  me  the  living  flame  ; 
Father,  in  me,  reveal  thy  Son: 
Baptize  me  into  Jesu's  name.. 

3.  Transform  my  nature  into  thine, 

Let  all  my  pow'rs  thine  impress  feel>. 
Let  ail  my  soul  become  divine, 

And  stamp  me  with  thy  Spirit's  seal. 

4.  Love,  mighty  lose,  my  heart  o'erpow'r, 

Ah  !  why  dostthcu  so  long  delay  ? 
Cut  short  the  work,  bring  near  the  hour. 
And  let  mo  see  thy  perfect  day. 

5.  Behold,  for  thee  I  ever  wait, 

Nov/  let  me  in  thine  image  shine, 
Now  the  new  heav'ns  and  earth  create, 
And  plant  with  righteousness  divine. 

6.  If  with  the  wretched  sens  of  men 

It  stiil  be  thy  delight  to  live, 
Come,  Lord,  beget  my  soul  again, 
Thyself,  thy  quick'ning  Spirit  give. 

Hymn  307.  cm. 

I.  T  T  ATPY  the  souls  to  Jesus  join'd, 
X  JL    And  sav'd  by  grace  alone  ; 
Walking  in  all  his  ways,  they  find 
Their  heav'n  o»  earth  begun. 


SANCTIFICATION.  22S. 

2.  The  church  triumphant  in  thy  love, 

Their  mighty  joys  we  know  ; 
They  sing  the  Lambin  hymns  absve, 
And  we  in  hymns  below. 

3.  Thee,  in  thy  glorious  realm,  they  praise,. 

And  bow  before  thy  throne  ! 
We  in  the  kingdom  of  thy  grace  : 
The  kingdoms  are  but  one. 

4.  The  holy  to  the  holiest  leads  ; 

From  thence  our  spirits  rise  ; 

And  he  who  in  thy  statutes  treads,. 

Shall  meet  thee  in  the  skies.. 

Hvmn  308.    c.  u. 

1.  T>ESPRINKLE  with  thy  blood  my  heart, 
JD   O  Jesus,  Son  of  God  : 

And  take  away  whate'er  thy  grace 
Hath  hitherto  withstood. 

2.  Deaden  my  nature's  active  fire, 

And  end  all  useless  strife  ; 
That  I  may  henceforth  only  thirst 
For  thee,  the  well  of  life. 

3.  Here  may  I  stay,  and  drink  my  fill, 

And  ne'er  from  hence  depart; 
My  longing  is  for  evermore  : 
"  Fix  at  this  spring  my  heart." 

4.  Dear  Saviour,  thou  well  know'st  how  oft 

I've  turn'd  away  from  thee  : 
O  let  thy  work,  renew'd  to-day, 
Always  abide  in  me. 


«U-  JOY  AND  PRAISE. 


3.  JOY  AND  PRAISE, 

Hymn  309.  s.  m. 

Is  /^i  OME,  ye  that  love  the  Lord, 
V^  And  let  your  joys  be  known  y 
Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 

Whilst  ye  surround  his  throne. 
Let  those  refuse  to  sing 

Who  never  knew  our  God ; 
But  servants  of  the  heav'nly  King 

May  speak  their  j6ys  abroad. 

2.  The  God  who  rules  on  high, 

Who  all  the  earth  surveys, 
Who  rides  upon  the  stormy  sky, 

And  calms  the  roaring  seas : 
This  awful  God  is  ours, 

Our  Father  and  our  Love : 
He  will  send  down  his  heav'nly  pow'rs 

To  carry  us  above. 

3.  There  we  shall  see  his  face, 

And  never,  never  sin  I 
There  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace, 

Drink  endless  pleasured  in: 
Yea,  and  before  we  rise, 

To  that  immortal  state, 
The  thoughts  of  such  amazing  bliss 

Should  constant  joys  create. 

4.  The  men  of  grace  have  found 

Glory  begun  below  ; 
Celestial  fruit  on  earthly  ground 

From  faith  and  hope  may  grow: 
Then  let  our  songs  abound, 

And  ev'ry    tear  be  dry  ; 
We're  marching  through  Immanucl's  ground 

To  faircr  worlds  on  high. 


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Hymn  310.  l.  m. 

1.  T  TAPPYthe  man  who  finds  the  grace, 
11  The  blessing  of  God's  chosen  race, 
The  wisdom  coming  from  above, 

The  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love. 

2.  Happy  beyond  description  he, 
Who  knows  the  Saviour  dy'd  for  me, 
The  gift  unspeakable  obtains, 

And  heav'nly  understanding  gains. 

3.  Wisdom  divine  I  who  tells  the  price 
Of  wisdom's  costly  merchandize  ? 
Wisdom  to  silver  we  prefer, 

And  gold  is  dross  compar'd  to  her. 

4.  Her  hands  are  fill'd  with  length  of  days, 
True  riches  and  immortal  praise : 
Riches  of  Christ  on  all  bestow'd, 

And  honour  that  descends  from  God, 

5.  To  purest  joys  she  all  invites, 
Chaste,  holy,  spiritual  delights ; 
Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 
And  and  all  her  flow'ry  paths  are  peace. 

6.  Happy  the  man  who  wisdom  gains; 
Thrice  happy  who  his  guest  retains ; 
He  owns,  and  shall  for  ever  own, 
Wisdom,  and  Christ,  and  heav'n  are  one. 

Hymn  311.  p.  m. 

L  "I     ET  earth  and  heav'n  agree, 
L  j  Angels  and  men  be  join'd, 
To  celebrate  with  me 

The  Saviour  of  mankind  : 
T'  adore  the  all-atoning  Lamb, 
And  bless  the  sound  of  Jesu's  name. 
2.  Jesus  !  transporting  sound  ! 

The  joy  of  earth  and  heav'n  ; 


226  JOY  AND  PRAISE, 

No  other  help  is  found, 
No  other  name  is  giv'n, 
By  which  we  can  salvation  have, 
But  Jesus  came  the  world  to  save. 

3.  Jesus  !  harmonious  name  ! 

It  charms  the  host  above  ; 
They  evermore  proclaim, 

And  wonder  at  his  love  : 
'Tis  all  their  happiness  to  gaze, 
*Tis  heav'n  to  see  our  Jesu's  face. 

4.  His  name  the  sinner  hears, 

And  is  from  sin  set  free  ; 
*Tis  music  in  his  ears  ; 

'Tis  life  and  victory  : 
New  songs  do  now  his  lips  employ, 
And  dances  his  glad  heart  for  joy. 

5.  Stung  by  the  scorpion  sin, 

My  poor  expiring  soul 
The  balmy  sound  drinks  in, 

And  is  at  once  made  whole  : 
See  there  !  my  Lord  upon  the  tree  i 
I  hear,  I  feel,  he  dy'd  for  me. 

6.  O  unexampled  love  ! 

O  all-redeeming  grace  1 
How  swiftly  didst  thou  move 
To  save  a  fallen  race. 
What  shall  I  do  to  make  it  known, 
What  thou  for  all  mankind  hast  done  I 

Hymn  312.  c.  m. 

1.  f  I  TIIY  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love, 

JL     Unmerited  and  fi 
Delights  OUT  evil  to  remove, 
And  help  our  misery. 

2.  T  be  gracious  stiil  ; 

Theft]  dost  with  sinners  bear* 


JOY  AND  PRAISE.  I» 

That  sav'd,  we  «aff  thy  goodness  feel, 
And  all  thy  grace  declare. 

S.  Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth,  to  me, 
To  ev'ry  soul  abound  ; 
A  vast  unfathomable  sea, 

Where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd. 

4.  Its  streams  the  whole  creation  reach, 

So  plent'ous  is  the  sto^e  ; 
Enough  for  all,  enough  for  each, 
Enough  for  eveTmore. 

5.  Faithful,  O  Lord,  thy  mercies  are, 

A  rock  which  cannot  move ; 
A  thousand  promises  declare 
Thy  constancy  of  love  ! 

6.  Throughout  the  universe  it  reigns 

Unalterably  sure  ; 
And  while  the  truth  of  God  remains, 
His  goodness  must  endure. 


Hymn  313.  p.  u. 

I.  T'LL  praise  my  Maker  whilst  I've  breath. 
JL   And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  pow'rs  : 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
'Whilst  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 
3.  Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God  who  made  the  sky, 

And  earth,  and  seas,  with  all  their  train : 
His  truth  for  ever  stands  secure  ! 
He  saves  tlr*  oppress*  cl,  he  feeds  the  poor, 

And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

3.  The  Lord  pours  eye-sight  on  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  fainting  mind: 
He  sends  the  lab'ring  conscience  peace  ; 


528  JOY  AND  PRAISE. 

He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless, 

And  grants  the  pris'ner  sweet  release. 
4.  I'll  praise  him  while  he  lends  me  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  pow'ra  : 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'r  be  past 
Whilst  life,   and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 


Hymn  314.  l.  m. 

1.  'Ty  RAISE  ye  the  Lord!  'tis  good  to  raise 
JL     Your  hearts  and  voices  in  his  praise  ; 
His  nature  and  his  works  invite 

To  make  this  duty  our  delight. 

2.  He  form'd  the  stars,  those  heav'nly  flames; 
He  counts  their  numbers,  calls  their  names 
His  wisdom's  vast,  and  knows  no  bound, 
A  deep  were  all  our  thoughts  are  drown 'd ! 

3.  Sing  to  the  Lord,  exalt  him  high, 
Who  spreads  his  clouds  around  the  sky  ; 
There  he  prepares  the  fruitful  rain, 
Nor  lets  the  drops  descend  in  vain. 

4.  He  makes  the  grass  the  hills  adorn; 

He  clothes  the  smiling  fields  with  corn ; 
The  beasts  with  food  his  hands  supply, 
And  the  young  ravens  when  they  cry. 

5.  What  is  the  creature's  skill  or  force, 
The  sprightly  man  or  warlike  horse  ? 
The  piercing  wit,  the  active  limb? 
All  are  too  mean  delights  for  him. 

6.  But  saints  are  lovely  in  his  sight, 
He  views  his  children  with  delight! 

He  sees  their  hope,  he  knows  their  fear, 
And  looks,  and  loves  his  image  there. 


M 


JOY  AND  PRAISE.  22? 

Hymn  315,   c.  M. 

j 

Y  Saviour,  my  almighty  friend, 


When  I  begin  thr  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end. 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace  ? 
J.  Thou  art  my  everlasting  trust. 
Thy  goodness  I  adore  ; 
Send  down  thy  grace,  O  blessed  Lord, 
That  I  may  love  thee  more. 

3.  My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length  . 

Of  the  celestial  road: 
And  march  with  courage  in  thy  strength, 
To  see  thee,  O  my  God. 

4.  Awake,  awake,  my  tuneful  pow'rs, 

Witt  this  delightful  song. 
And  entertain  the  darkest  hours. 
Nor  think  the  season  long. 

Hymn  316.  l.  m. 

i .  rT^HIS  is  the  God  whom  we  adore, 
JL    Our  faithful  unchangeable  Friend; 
Whose  love  is  as  great  as  his  pow'r, 
And  neither  knows  measure  nor  end. 
3.  'Tis  Jesus,  the  "  Firot  and  the  Last," 

Whose  Spirit  shall  guide  uc  safe  home ; 
We'll  praise  him  for  all  that  is  past, 
And  trust  him  for  all  that's  to  ccme. 

Hymn  317.  p.  m. 

1.  r\  THOU  God  of  my  salvation, 

V^/  My  Redeemer  from  all  sin, 
Mov'd  to  this  by  great  compasfuon, 
Yearning  bowels  from  within : 
I  will  praise  thee  : 
Where  shall  I  thy  praise  begin  ? 
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30  JOY  AND  PRAISE. 

2.  Whilst  the  angel-choirs  are  crying: 
"  Glory  to  the  great  I  AM  i" 

I  with  them  would  still  be  vying. 
Glory,  glory  to  the  Lambi 
O  how  precious 
Is  the  sound  of  Jesu's  name  ! 

3.  Now  I  see,  with  joy  and  wonder, 
Whence  the  healing  streams  arose ; 

Angel-minds  are  lost  to  ponder 
Dying  love's  mysterious  cause  : 
Yet  the  blessing, 
Down  to  all,  to  me  it  Hows. 

4.  Though  unseen,  I  love  the  Saviour, 
He  almighty  grace  hath  shown ; 

Pardon'd  guilt,  ahd  purchas'd  favcvr! 
This  he  makes  to  mortals  known  : 

Give  him  glory, 
Glory,  glory  is  his  own. 

5.  Angels  now  are  hov'ring  round  us, 
Unperceiv'd  they  mix  the  throng, 

Woncl'ring  at  the  love  that  crown'd  us, 
Glad  to  join  the  holy  song : 
Hallelujah  ! 
Love  and  praise  to  Christ  belong. 

Hymn  3 18.   p.  m. 

1.  "VTE  boundless  realms  of  joy, 

JL    Extol  your  Maker's  fame ! 
His  praise  your  songs  employ, 

Above  the  (tarry  I 
Your  voio        Be,  ye  4 
And  Seraphim,  to  sine  his  praise, 

2.  Thou  ,  .  t  ral'sttiu 

An  day; 

Ye  tai  s  of  Bg 

pay  1 


JOY  AND  PRAISE.  231 

His  praise  declare,  ye  heav'ns  above, 
And  clouds  which  move  in  liquid  air, 

3.  Let  earth  her  tribute  give, 

And  magnify  his  name, 
By  whom  all  creatures  iive 

His  wondrous  powY  proclaim! 
In  this  design,  let  youths  with  maids, 

And  hoary  heads  with  children  join. 

4.  His  chosen  saints  to  grace, 

He  Bets  them  up  on  high; 
And  favours  Israel's  race, 

Who  still  to  him  are  ni 
Ye,  therefore)  raised  your  grateful  voice, 

And  still  rejoice,  the  Lord  to  praise. 


Hymn  319.  c.  m. 

God  my  only  happiness.    Psal.  lxxiii.  25. 

1.  Ti  /TY  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love, 
.IV JL  My  everlasting  all, 

I've  none  but  thee  in  heav'n  above, 
Or  on  this  earthly  ball. 

2.  What  empty  things  are  all  the  skies, 

And  this  inferior  clod ! 
There's  nothing  here  deserves  my  joys, 
There's  nothing  like  my  God. 

3.  In  vain  the  bright,  the  burning  sun 

Scatters  his  feeble  light; 
'Tis  thy  sweet  beam  creates  my  noon  ; 
If  thou  withdraw,  'tis  night. 

4.  And  whilst  upon  my  restless  bed 

Among  the  shadesj[  roll, 
If  my  Redeemer  shows  his  head, 
'Tis  morning  with  my  soul. 

5.  To  thee  we  owe  our  wealth,  and  friends, 

And  health,  and  safe  abode : 


532  JOY  AND  PRAISE. 

Thanks  to  thy  name  for  meaner  things ; 
But  they  are  not  my  God. 

6.  How  vain  a  toy  is  glittering  wealth, 
If  once  compar'd  to  thee ! 
Or  what's  my  safety  or  my  health, 
Or  all  my  friends  to  me. 

;'.  If  I  possess'd  the  spacious  earth, 
And  cali'd  the  stars  my  own ; 
Without  thy  graces,  and  thyself, 
I  were  a  wretch  undone. 
S.  Let  others  stretch  their  arms  like  seas, 
And  grasp  in  ttli  the  shore, 
Grant  me  the  visits  of  thy  face, 
And  I  desire  no  more. 

Hymn  320.   l.  m. 

i .  TH  ROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies, 
_T    Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise ; 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung, 
Thro*  ev'ry  land,  by  ev'ry  tongue. 

2.  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord, 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  : 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore, 
'Till  suns  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 

3.  Your  lofty  themes,  ye  mortals,  bring, 
In  songs  of  praise  divinely  sing; 

The  great  salvation  loud  proclaim, 
And  shout  for  joy  the  Saviour's  name 

4.  In  ev'ry  land  begin  the  song, 
To  ev'ry  land  the  strains  belong; 
In  cheerful  sounds  all  voices  raise, 
And  nil  the  world  with  leudest  praise 


THE  CHRISTIAN'S  BLESSINGS,  &c.    233 

Fill.   THE  CHRISTIANS  BLESSINGS,  SUF- 
FERINGS, DANGER  AND  SAFETY. 

Hymn  321.   c.  m. 

1.  O  WEET  was  the  time  when  first  I  felt 
£5    The  Saviour's pard'ning  blood 
Applied,  to  cleanse  my  soul  from  guilt, 

And  bring  me  home  to  God. 

2.  Soon  as  the  morn  the  light  reveal'd, 

His  praises  tun'd  my  tongue  ; 
And  when  the  evening  shades  prevail'd 
His  love  was  all  my  song. 

3.  In  vain  the  tempter  spread  his  wiles  ; 

The  world  no  more  could  charm  ; 
I  UVd  upon  my  Saviour's  smiles, 
And  lean'd  upon  his  arm. 

4.  In  pray'r  my  soul  drew  near  the  Lord, 

And  saw  his  glory  shine  ; 
And  when  I  read  his  holy  word, 
I  call'd  each  promise  mine. 

5.  Then  to  his  saints  I  often  spoke 

Of  what  his  love  had  done  ; 
But  now  my  heart  is  almost  broke, 
For  all  my  joys  are  gone. 

6.  Now  when  the  evening  shade  prevails, 

My  soul  m  darkness  mourns  ; 
And  when  the  morn  the  light  reveals; 
No  light  to  me  returns. 

7.  My  pray'rs  are  now  an  empty  noise, 

For  Jesus  hides  his  face  ; 
I  read,  the  promise  meets  my  eyes, 
But  does  not  reach  my  case. 

8.  Now  Satan  threatens  to  prevail, 

And  make  my  soul  his  prey  ; 
Yet,  Lord,  thy  mercies  cannot  fail} 
O  come  without  delay. 
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234       THE  CHRISTIAN'S  BLESSINGS, 

Hymn  322,    cm. 

1.  T    ORD  !  what  a  wretched  land  is  this, 

1  J  Which  yields  us  no  supply, 
No  cheering  fruits,  no  wholesome  trees, 
Nor  streams  of  living  joy  ? 

2.  But  piercing  thorns  through  all  the  ground, 

And  mortal  poisons  grow, 
And  all  the  rivers  that  are  found, 
With  dang'rous  waters  flow. 

3.  Yet  the  dear  path  to  thine  abode 

Lies  thro*  this  weary  land  ; 
Lord !  we  would  keep  that  heav'nly  road, 
And  run  at  thy  command. 

4.  Our  journey  is  a  thorny  maze, 

But  we  march  upward  still, 
Forget  these  troubles  of  the  way, 
To  reach  fair  Sion's  hill. 

f>.  There  on  the  hill  of  life  and  peace 
Our  raptur'd  souls  shall  dwell, 
Oar  toils  recount,  our  Saviour  bless, 
And  all  his  triumphs  tell. 

6 .  Eternal  glory  to  the  king, 

Who  brought  us  safely  through  ; 
Our  tongue  shall  never  cease  to  sing, 
All  endless  praises  due. 

Hymn  323,   c.  H. 

I.  TITHY  is  my  heart  so  far  from  thee. 
V  V     My  God,  my  chief  delight  ? 
Why  are  my  thoughts  no  more  by  day^ 
With  thee,  no  more  by  night  ? 
3.  When  my  forgetful  soul  renews 
The  savour  of  thy  grace, 
fondly  I  hope  I  ne'er  shall  loose 
Tnc  relish  all  my  days 


SUFFERINGS,  DANGER  AND  SAFETY.  225 

3.  But  ere  one  fleeting  hour  is  past, 

The  flatt'ring  world  employs 
Some  sensual  bait  to  seize  my  taste, 
And  to  pollute  my  joys. 

4.  Then  I  repent  and  vex  my  soul, 

That  I  should  leave  thee  so; 
Where  will  those  wild  affections  stroll, 
Which  let  thee,  Saviour,  go  ? 

5.  Wretch  that  I  am,  to  wander  thus 

In  chase  of  false  delight ! 
Let  me  be  fasten'd  to  thy  cross. 
Rather  than  lose  thy  sight, 

■ 

Hymn  324.  c.  m. 

}.  TI7HEN  in  the  light  of  faith  divine 
V  V     We  look  on  things  below, 
Honour  and  gold,  and  sensual  joy, 
How  vain,  and  dang'rous  too  ? 

2 .  Honour's  a  puff  of  noisy  breath ; 

Yet  men  expose  their  blood, 
And  venture  everlasting  death, 
To  gain  that  airy  good. 

3.  Whilst  others  starve  the  nobler  mind,  - 

And  feed  on  shining  dust, 
They  rob  the  serpent  of  his  food, 
T'  indulge  a  sordid  lust. 

4.  The  pleasures  which  allure  our  sense 

Are  dang'rous  snares  to  soids ; 
There's  but  a  drop  of  flattering  sweet? 
And  dash'd  with  bitter  bowls. 

3.  God  is  my  all-sufficient  good, 
My  portion  and  my  choice  ; 
In  him  my  vast  desires  are  fill'd5 
And  all  my  pctw'rs  rejoice. 


236      THE  CHRISTIAN'S  BLESSINGS,. 

Hymn  325.  c.  m. 

1.  1\ /TY  God  !  the  spring  of  all  my  joys, 
JLYX  The  life  of  my  delights, 

The  glory  of  my  brightest  days. 
And  comfort  of  my  nights. 

2.  In  darkest  shades  if  he  appear, 

My  dawning  is  begun ! 
He  is  my  soul's  bright  morning-star, 
And  he  my  rising  sun. 

3.  The  op'ning  heav'hs  around  me  shine 

With  beams  of  sacred  bliss, 
Whilst  Jesus  shews  his  heart  is  mine, 
And  whispers,  "  I  am  his  !" 

4.  My  soul  would  leave  this  heavy  clay 

At  that  transporting  word, 
Run  up  with  joy  the  shining  way 
T'  embrace  my  dearest  Lord. 

5.  Fearless  of  hell  and  ghastly  death, 

I'd  break  thro'  ev'ry  foe  : 
The  wings  of  love,  and  arms  of  faith 
Should  bear  me  conqu'ror  through. 

Hymn  326.  c.  u. 

1.  TTENCE  from  my  soul  sad  thoughts  be  gone. 
XjL  And  leave  me  to  my  joys  : 

My  tongue  shall  triumph  in  my  God, 
And  make  a  joyful  noise. 

2.  Darkness  and  doubts  had  veil'd  my  mind, 

And  drownM  my  head  in  tears, 
'Till  sovereign  grace  with  shining  rays, 
DispeiPd  my  gloomy  fears. 

3.  O,  what  immortal  joys  I  felt, 

And  raptures  all  divine, 
When  Jesus  told  me  I  was  his, 
And  my  Beloved  mine  ! 


SUFFERINGS,  DANGER,  AND  SAFETY.  23/ 

4.  In  vain  the  tempter  frights  my  soul, 
And  breaks  my  peace  in  vain ; 
One  glimpse,  clear  Saviour,  of  thy  face, 
Revives  my  joys  again. 

Hymn  327.  cm. 

1.  T  yf  THY  should  a  living  man  complain 

VV    Of  deep  distress  within, 
Since  ev'ry  sigh,  and  ev'ry  pain 
Is  but  the  fruit  of  sin  ? 

2.  No,  Lord,  I'll  patiently  submit, 

Nor  ever  dare  rebel ; 
Yet  ?vre  I  may,  here  at  thy  feet, 
My  painful  feelings  tell. 

Hymn  328.  c.  m. 

God  speaking peace  to  liis  people.  Psalm  lxxxv.  8, 

1.  T  TNITE,  my  roving  thoughts,  unite 

KJ     In  silence  soft  and  sweet : 
And  thou,  my  soul,  sit  gently  down 
At  thy  great  Sovereign's  feet. 

2.  Jehovah's  awful  voice  is  heard, 

And  gladly  I  attend ; 
For  lo  !  the  everlasting  God 
Proclaims  himself  thy  friend. 

3.  Harmonious  accents  to  my  soul 

The  sounds  of  peace  convey  : 
The  tempest  at  his  word  subsides, 
And  winds  and  seas  obey.  * 

4.  By  all  its  joys,  I  charge  my  heart, 

To  grieve  his  love  no  more ; 
But,  charm'd  by  melody  divine, 
To  give  its' follies  o'er. 

Hymn  329.  c.  m. 

1.  \7"E  trembling  souls,  dismiss  your  fears  > 
X     Be  mercy  all  your  theme  \ 


238      THE  CHRISTIAN'S  BLESSINGS, 

Mercy,  which  like  a  river  ilows 
In  one  continued  stream. 

2.  Fear  not  the  pow'rs  of  earth,  and  hell, 

God  will  these  pow'rs  restrain  ; 
His  mighty  arm  their  rage  repel, 
And  make  their  efforts  vain. 

3.  Fear  not  the  wnfct  of  outward  good. 

He  will  for  his  provide  ; 
Grant  them  supplies  of  daily  food,      • 
And  give  them  hea\'n  beside. 

4.  Fear  not  that  he  will  e'er  forsake, 

Or  leave  hia  work  undone  ; 
He's  faithful  to  his  promises, 
And  faithful  to  las  Son. 

5.  Fear  not  the  terrors  of  the  grave, 

Or  death's  tremendous  sting ; 
He  will  from  endless  wrath  preserve, 
To  endless  glory  bring. 

6.  You  in  his  wisdom,  pow'r  and  grace, 

May  confidently  trust ; 
His  wisdom  guides,  his  pow'r  protects, 
His  grace  rewards  the  just. 


Hymn  330,  l.  m. 

Our  own  weakness,  and  Christ*  our  strength. 
2  Cor.  xiL  7,  9,  10. 

!.  "I     ET  me  but  hear  my  Saviour  say  : 
jL-J  "  Strength  shall  be  equal  to  the  day :" 
Then  I  rejoice  in  deep  distress, 
Leaning  on  all-sufficient  grace. 

2. 1  glory  in  infirmity, 

That  Chi  ist's  own  pow'r  may  rest  on  me  ; 
When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong, 
Grace  is  my  shield,  and  Christ  my  song. 


SUFFERINGS,  DANGER,  AND  SAFETY.  239 

o.  I  can  do  all  things,  or  can  bear 
All  sufferings,  if  my  Lord  be  there  ; 
Sweet  pleasures  mingle  with  the  pains, 
Wnilst  iiis  left-hand  my  head  sustains. 

4.  But  if  the  Lord  be  once  withdrawn, 
•     And  I  attempt  the  work  alone, 

When  new  temptations  spring  and  rise, 

I  find  how  great  my  weakness  is. 

Hymn  331.  c.  m. 

1.  /~^  IVE  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise 
VJT    Within  the  veil,  and  see 

The  saints  above,  how  great  their  joys, 
How  bright  their  glories  be  ! 

2.  Once  they  were  mourning  here  below, 

And  wet  their  couch  with  tears  ; 
They  wrestled  hard,  as  I  do  now, 
With  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears. 

3. 1  ask  them  whence  their  vict'ry  came  ? 
They  with  united  breath, 
Ascribe  their  conquest  to  the  Lamb, 
Their  triumph  to  his  death. 

4,  They  mark'cl  the  footsteps  which  he  trod, 

(His  zeal  inspir'd  their  breast) 
And  foll'wing  their  incarnate  God, 
Possess*  d  the  jpromis'd  rest. 

5.  Our  glorious  Leader  claims  our  praise, 

For  his  own  pattern  giv'n, 
While  the  long  c  itnesses 

Show  the  same  path  to  heav'n. 

Hymn  332,    c.  m. 

The  safety  and  protection 

1.2,  3,  4. 

1.  T  TOW  honourable  is  the  place, 
JljL  Where  we  adoring  stand, 


»  40      THE  CHRISTIAN'S  BLESSINGS, 

Zion  the  glory  of  the  earth, 
And  beauty  of  the  land. 

2.  Bulwarks  of  mighty  grace  defend 

The  city  where  we  dwell ; 
The  walls,  of  strong  salvation  made, 
Defy  th'  assaults  of  hell. 

3.  Lift  up  the  everlasting  gates, 

The  doors  wide  open  fling  ; 
Enter  ye  Christians  who  obey 
The  statutes  of  our  King. 

4.  Here  shall  you  taste  unmingled  joys, 

And  live  in  perfect  peace  ; 
You  who  have  known  Jehovah's  name, 
And  ventur'd  on  his  grace. 

5.  Trust  in  the  Lord,  forever  trust, 

And  banish  all  your  fears  : 
Strength  in  the  Lord  Jehovah  dwells, 
Eternal  as  his  years. 

H)'mn  333.     cm. 

A  vision  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ  among  men* 
Rev.  xxi.   1,  2,  3,  4. 

1.  T    O,  what  a  glorious  sight  appears 
I  ^  To  our  believing  eyes, 

The  earth  and  seas  are  pass'd  away, 
And  the  old  rolling  skies. 

2.  From  the  third  heav'n,  where  God  reside^ 

That  holy,  happy  place, 
The  New- Jerusalem  comes  down, 
Adorn  \i  with  shining  grace. 

•■>.  Attending  angels  shout  for  joy, 
And  the  bright  armies  sing  : 
"  MorUls  behold  the  sacred  seat) 
"  Of  your  descending  King. 


SUFFERINGS,  DANGER,  AND  SAFETY.  1*1 

4.  "  The  God  of  glory  down  to  men 

"  Removes  his  bless'd  abode  : 
"  Men  the  dear  objects  of  his  grace, 
"  And  he  the  loving  God. 

5.  "  His  own  kind  hand  shall  wipe  the  tears 

"  From  ev'ry  weeping  eye, 
u  And  pains,  and  groans,  and  griefs  and  fears, 
"  And  death  itself  shall  die." 

6.  How  long,  dear  Saviour,  O  how  long  ! 

Shall  this  bright  hour  delay  ? 

Fly  swifter  on,  ye  wings  of  time, 

And  bring  the  welcom-e  day. 


Hymn  534.   l.  m. 

The  beatitudes.     Matt.  v.   2-12. 

1.  T3  LESS'D  are  the  humble  souls  who  sec 
JLJ  Their  emptiness  and  poverty  ; 
Treasures  of  grace  to  them  are  giv'n ; 
And  crowns  of  joy  laid  up  in  heav'n. 

2.  Bless'd  are  the  men  of  broken  heart, 
Who  mourn  for  sin  with  inward  smart; 
The  blood  of  Christ  divinely  flow  s, 

A  healing  balm  for  all  their  woes. 

2.  Bless'd  are  the  meek  who  stand  afar 
From  rage  and  passion,  noise  and  war; 
God  w  ill  secure  their  happy  state, 
And  plead  their  cause  against  the  great. 

A.  Bless'd  are  the  souls  who  thirst  for  graci?, 
Hunger  and  long  for  righteousness ; 
They  shall  be  well  supplied  and  fed 
With  living  streams  and  living  bi 

5.  Bless'd  arc  the  men  whose  bowels  r. 
And  melt  with  sympat 
From  Christ,  the  ;  ej  obtain 

I  ike  sympatl 

Y 


S42     THE  CHRISTIAN'S    BLESSINGS, 

6.  Blcss'd  are  the  pure  whose  hearts  are  clean 
From  the  defiling  pow'r  of  sin  ; 

With  endless  pleasure  they  shall  see 
A  Cod  of  spotless  purity, 

7.  Bless'd  are  the  men  of  peaceful  life, 
Who  quench  the  coals  of  growing  strife ; 
They  shall  be  call'd  the  heirs  of  biiss, 
The  sons  of  God,  as  sons  of  peace. 

8.  Bless'd  are  the  suff'rers  who  partake 
Of  pain  and  shame  for  Jesus'  sake  ; 
Their  souls  shall  triumph  in  the  Lord. 
Glory  and  joy  are  their  reward. 

Hymn  335.   l.  m. 

1 .  T    ORD,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they 
I  4  Who  feel  the  joys  of  pardon'd  sin ! 

Should  storms  of  wrath  shake  earth  and  sea, 
Their  minds  have  heav'n  and  peace  within. 

2.  The  day  glides  swiftly  o'er  their  heads, 
Made  up  of  innocence  and  love  ; 
And  soft  and  silent  as  the  shades 
Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 

£.  They  scorn  to  seek  our  golden  toys, 
But  spend  the  clay,  and  share  the  night, 
In  numb'ring  o'er  the  richer  joys 
Which  heav'n  prepares  for  their  delight. 

.  Whiist  wretched,  we  like  worms  and  m< 
Lie  gvov'ling  in  the  dust  below. 
Almighty  grace  renew  our  souls, 
And  we'll  aspire  to  glory  too. 

Hymn  336.   c.  iff. 
1.  Q  ALVATIOX,  O  the  joyful  sound! 

A  sov'n  i    for  ev'ry  wound, 

pur  fears. 


SUFFERINGS,  DANGER,  AND  SAFETY.  243 

2.  Buried  in  sorrow  and  in  sin, 

At  heli's  dark  door  we  lay  : 
But  we  arise  by  grace  divine, 
To  see  a  heav'nly  day. 

alvation !  let  the  echo  fly 
The  spacious  earth  around  ; 
While  all  the  armies  of  the  sky 
Conspire  to  raise  the  sound. 

Hymn  337.  s.  m. 

Rejoicing  in  the  way9  of  God.     Psalm,  cxxxviii.  5. 

I.  VTOW  let  our  voices  join 
JJN    To  form  a  sacred  song ; 
Ye  pilgrims  in  Jehovah's  ways 
With  music  pass  along. 

How  straight  the  path  appears! 

How  open  and  how  fair  1 
No  lurking  gins  t'  entrap  our  feet ; 

No  fierce  destroyer  there. 

3.  But  flow'rs  of  Paradise 

In  rich  profusion  spring; 
Trie  sun  of  glory  gilds  the  path, 
And  dear  companions  sing. 

4.  See  Salem's  golden  spires 

In  hcauteous  prospect  rise  ; 
And  brighter  crowns  than  mortals  wear, 
Which  sparkle  thro'  the  skies. 

5.  All  honour  to  his  Name, 

Who  marks  the  sinning  way  ; 
To  him  who  leads  the  wanderers  on 
To  realms  of  endless  day. 


■•w 


Kymn  338.  c.  m, 

HEN  I  can  read  my  title  clear 
To  mansions  in  the  skies, 


244     THE  CHRISTIAN'S  BLESSINGS, 

I  bid  farewell  to  ev'ry  fear, 
And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

2.  Should  earth  against  my  soul  engage, 

And  hellish  darts  be  hurl'd, 

Then  I  can  smile  at  satan's  rage, 

And  face  a  frowning  world. 

3.  Let  cares  like  a  wild  deluge  come, 

And  storms  of  sorrow  fall  ; 
May  I  but  safely  reach  my  home, 
My  God,  my  heav'n,  my  all. 

4.  There  shall  I  bathe  my  weary  soul 

In  seas  of  heav'nly  rest ; 
And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 
Across  my  peaceful  breast. 

Hymn  339.   l.  m. 

The  beneficence  of  Christ  for  our  imitation.  Acts.  x.  38. 

1.  TY7HEN  Jesus  dwelt  in  mortal  clay, 

V  V     What  were  his  works  from  day  to  day, 
But  miracles  of  pow'r  and  grace, 
Which  spread  salvation  through  our  race  ? 

2.  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  to  keep  in  view 
Thy  pattern,  and  thy  steps  pursue  ; 
Let  alms  bestow 'd,  let  kindness  done, 
Be  witness'd  by  each  rolling  sun. 

3.  That  man  may  last,  but  never  lives* 
Who  much  receives,  but  nothing  gives, 
Whom  none  can  love,  whom  none  can  thank  . 
Creation's  blot,  creation's  blank. 

4.  But  he,  who  marks  from  day  to  day, 
fn  gen'roiw  acts  his  radiant  way, 
Treads  the  same  path  his  Saviour  trod. 
The  path  to  glory  and  to  God. 


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IX.    CHRISTIAN  WORSHIP. 
1.    PRIVATE. 

Hymn  340.  c.  m. 

1.  T    ORD,  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray  ; 
I  ^   I  am  for  ever  thine  ; 

I  fear  before  thee  all  the  day, 
Nor  would  I  dare  to  sin. 

2.  And  whilst  I  rest  my  weary  head* 

From  cares  and  bus'ness  free, 

'Tis  sweet  conversing  on  my  bed 

With  my  own  heart  and  thee. 

3.  I  pay  this  ev'ning  sacrifice  : 

And  when  my  work  is  done, 
Great  God  !  my  faith  and  hope  relics 
Upon  thy  grace  alone. 

4.  Thus,  with  my  thoughts  compos'd  to  peace, 

I'll  give  mine  eyes  to  sleep  ; 

Thy  hand  in  safety  keeps  my  days, 

And  will  my  slumbers  keep. 

Hymn  341.    l.  m. 

Self -examination.  Gal.  iv.  19,  20. 

1.  T  \  THAT  strange  perplexities  arise? 

V  V     What  anxious  fears  and  jealousies ! 
What  crowds  in  doubtful  light  appear  ? 
How  few,  alas,  approv'd  and  clear  ! 

2.  And  what  am  I  ? — My  soul,  awake, 
And  an  impartial  survey  take: 
Does  no  dark  sign,  no  ground  o*  fear, 
In  practice,  or  in  heart  appear  ? 

v  hat  image  does  my  spirit  bear? 
is  Jesus  form'd,  and  living  there? 
Y  2 


246  PRIVATE  WORSHIP. 

Say,  do  his  liniaments  divine 
In  thought,  and  word,  and  action  shine  ? 
4.  Searcher  of  hearts,  O  search  me  still ; 
The  secrets  of  my  soul  reveal ; 
My  fears  remove,  let  me  appear 
To  God,  and  my  own  conscience  clear. 

Hymn  342.  l.  m. 

Family  religion.  Gen.  xviii.  19. 
1.  "Tj1  ATHER  of  all,  thy  care  we  bless, 

JL     Which  crowns  our  families  with  peace  ; 
From  thee  they  spring,  and  by  thy  hand 
They  have  been,  and  are  still  sustain'd. 

.1.  To  God,  most  vorthy  to  be  prais'd, 
"Be  our  domestic  altars  rais'd ; 
Who,  Lord  of  heaven,  scorns  not  to  dwell 
With  saints  in  their  obscurest  cell. 

3.  To  thee  may  each  united  house, 
Morning  and  night,  present  its  vows  ; 
Our  servants  there,  and  rising  race 

Be  taught  thy  precepts,  and  thy  grace. 

4.  O  may  each  future  age  proclaim 
The  honours  of  thy  glorious  name  ; 
While,  pleas'd  and  thankful,  we  remove 
To  join  the  family  above. 

Hymn  343.  s.  m. 

1.  f~^  RE  ATE  my  soul  anew, 
V^/    Else  all  my  worship's  vain  ; 

This  wretched  heart  will  ne'er  prove  true, 
'Till  it  be  form'd  again. 

2.  Descend,  celestial  lire, 

And  seize  me  from  above  ! 
Wrap  me  in  flames  of  pure  desire, 
A  sacrifice  of  love. 


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S.  Let  joy  and  worship  spend 
The  remnant  of  my  days  ; 
And  to  my  God  my  soul  ascend, 
In  sweet  perfumes  of  praise. 


2.  PUBLIC. 
Hymn  344.  l.  m. 

|.     4    NOTHER  six  day's  work  is  done? 
XjL  Another  sabbath  is  begun ; 
Return  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest, 
Improve  the  day  thy  God  has  blest. 

2.  Come,  bless  the  Lord,  whose  love  assigns 
So  sweet  a  rest  to  wearied  minds ; 
Provides  an  antepast  of  heav'n, 

And  gives  this  day  the  food  of  sev'n. 

3.  O  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incence,  to  the  skies ; 

And  draw  from  heav'n  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none,  but  he  who  feels  it,  knows, 

4.  This  heav'nly  calm,  within  the  breast, 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest, 
Which  for  the  church  of  God  remains^ 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

5.  With  joy,  great  God,  thy  works  we  view, 
In  various  scenes  both  old  and  new ; 
With  praise  we  think  on  mercies  past, 
With  hope,  we  future  pleasures  taste. 

6.  In  holy  duties  let  the  day, 
In  holy  pleasures  pass  away  ; 

How  sweet,  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend, 
In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end, 


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Hymn  345.   c.  m. 

1.  T^REQUENT  the  day  of  God  returns 
JL    To  shed  its  quick'ning  beams  ; 
And  yet  how  slow  devotion  burns! 

How  languid  are  its  flames. 

2.  Accept  our  faint  attempts  to  love, 

Our  frailties,  Lord  forgive  ; 
We  would  be  like  thy  saints  above, 
And  praise  thee  while  we  live. 

3.  Increase,  O  Lord,  our  faith  and  hope, 

And  fit  us  to  ascend, 
Where  the  assembly  ne'er  breaks  up, 
The  Sabbath  ne'er  shall  end. 

4.  Where  we  shall  breathe  in  heav'nly  air, 

With  heav'nly  lustre  shine  ; 
Before  the  throne  of  God  appear, 
And  feast  on  love  divine. 

Hymn  346.  s.  m. 

1.  "TIC  WELCOME  sweet  day  of  rest, 

V  V     Tli at  saw  the  Lord  arise, 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes. 

2.  The  King  himself  comes  near, 

And  feasts  his  saints  to-day  ; 
Here  we  may  sit,  and  sec  him  here, 
And  love,  and  praise  and  pray. 

L  Oat  day  amidst  the  place 

Where  my  dear  God  hath  been, 
Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days 

Of  pleasurable  sin. 

4.  My  willing  soul  would  stay 
In  such  a  frame  as  U;is, 
And  sing  and  bear  herself  away 
To  everlasting  bliss. 


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Hymn  347.  s.  m. 

1.  TTOW  charming  is  the  place 
JlJL  Where  my  redeemer  God 
Unveils  the  beauties  of  his  face, 

And  shedr,  his  love  abroad. 

2.  Not  the  fair  palaces 

To  winch  the  great  resort. 
Are  once  to  be  compared  with  this, 
Where  Jesus  holds  his  court. 

3.  Here  on  the  mercy  seat, 

With  radiant  glory  crowned 
Our  joyful  eyes  behold  him  sitr 
And  smile  on  ail  around. 

4.  To  him  their  pray'rs  and  cries 

Each  humble  soul  presents : 
He  listens  to  their  broken  sighs, 
And  grants  them  all  their  wants. 

5.  To  them  his  sov'reign  will 

He  graciously  imparts : 
And  in  return  accepts  with  smiles, 

The  tribute  of  their  hearts. 
€.  Give  me,  O  Lord,  a  place 

Within  thy  blest  abode, 
Among  the  children  of  thy  grace, 

The  servants  of  my  God. 

Hymn  348.  l.  m. 

AWAY  from  ev'ry  mortal  care, 
Away  from  earth,  our  souls  retreat* 
We  leave  this  worthless  world  afar, 
And  wait  and  worship  near  thy  seat. 

.  Lord,  in  the  temple  of  thy  gracet 
We  see  thy  feet,  and  we  adore ; 
We  gaze  upon  thy  lovely  face, 
And  learn  the  wonders  of  thy  pow'r, 


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3.  Whilst  here  our  various  wants  we  mourn, 
United  groans  ascend  on  high ; 

And  pray'r  brings  down  a  quick  return 
Of  blessings  in  variety. 

4.  Father !  my  soul  would  still  abide 
Within  thy  temple,  near  thy  side ; 
But  if  my  feet  must  hence  depart, 
Still  keep  thy  dwelling  in  my  heart. 

Hymn  349.  c.  m. 

Duties  and  Privileges,  Jude  20,  2 1 . 

1.  T  "¥  THILST  sinners,  who  presume  to  bear 

V  V     The  christian's  sacred  name, 
Throw  up  the  reigns  to  every  lust, 
And  glory  in  their  shame  : 

2.  Ye  saints,  prescrv'd  in  Christ  and  call'd, 

Detest  their  impious  ways, 
And  on  the  basis  of  your  faith 
An  hcav'nly  temple  raise. 
.    3.  Upon  the  Spirit's  promis'd  aid 
Depend  from  day  to  day, 
And,  whilst  he  breathes  his  quick'ning  grace. 
Adore,  and  praise,  and  pray. 

4.  Preserve  unquench'd  your  love  to  God, 

A  ad  let  the  {lame  arise, 
And  higher  and  still  higher  blaze, 
'Till  it  ascends  the  skies. 

5.  With  a  transporting  joy  expect 

The  grace  your  Lord  shall  give, 
When  all  his  saints  shall  from  his  hands 
Their  crowns  of  life  receive. 


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Hymn  350.     c.  m. 

ORD,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear 
My  voice  ascending  high  ; 


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To  thee  will  I  "direct  my  pray'r, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye  ; 

2.  Up  to  the  hills  where  Christ  is  gone, 

To  plead  for  all  his  saints, 
Presenting  at  his  Father's  throne 
Our  songs  and  our  complaints. 

3.  Yes,  to  thy  house  will  I  resort, 

To  taste  thy  mercies  here  ; 
I  will  frequent  thy  holy  court, 
And  worship  in  thy  fear. 

4.  O  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  feet 

In  ways  of  righteousness  ! 
Make  ev'ry  path  of  duty  straight, 
And  plain  before  my  face, 


Hymn  351.    p.  m. 

When  consecrating-  a  Church. 


I 


The  King  of  glory  praise  ; 
O'er  heav'n  and  earth  he  reigns, 

Through  everlasting  days : 
He  with  a  nod  the  world  controuls, 
Sustains  or  sinks  the  distant  poles. 

To  earth  he  bends  his  throne, 

His  throne  of  grace  divine  ; 
Wide  is  his  bounty  known, 

And  wide  his  glories  shine  : 
Fair  Salem,  still  his  chosen  rest, 
Is  with  his  smiles  and  presence  blest. 
Then,  King  of  Glory,  come, 

And  with  thy  favour  crown 
This  temple  as  thy  dome, 

This  people  as  thy  own  : 
Within  this  House,  O  deign  to  show, 
How  God  can  dwell  with  men  below 


j2  public  worship, 

4.  Here,  may  thine  ears  attend 

Our  interceding  cries, 
And  grateful  praise  ascend 

All  fragrant  to  the  skies  : 
Here  may  thy  word  melodious  sound, 
And  spread  the  joys  of  heav'n  around. 

5.  Here,  may  th'  attentive  throng 

Imbibe  thy  truth  and  love, 
And  converts  join  the  song 

Of  Seraphim  above  : 
And  willing  crowds  surround  thy  board 
With  sacred  joy  and -sweet  accord, 
ft.  Here,  may  our  unborn  sons 

And  daughters  sound  thy  praise, 
And  shine  like  polished  stones, 

Thro'  long  succeeding  days  : 
Here,  Lord,  display  thy  saving  power, 
Whilst  churches  stand,  and  saints  adore. 

Hymn  352.   s.  m. 

1.  "Vy  EHOLD  the  morning  sun 
.13  Begins  his  glorious  way  ; 
His  beams  thro'  all  the  nations  ruiv. 

And  life  and  light  convey. 

2.  But  where  the  gospel  comes 

It  spreads  diviner  light, 
.    It  calls  dead  sinners  from  their  tombs 
And  gives  the  blind  their  sight. 

3.  How  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 

And  ail  thy  judgments  just, 
For  ever  sure  thy  promise,  Lord, 
And  men  securely  trust. 

4.  My  gracious  God,  how  plain 

Are  thy  directions  giv'n  ! 
Oh  may  I  never  read  In  vain, 
But  rind  the  path  to  heavVi ! 


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Hvmn  353.  c.  m. 

J 

i .  TT*  ARLY,  my  God,  without  delay, 

ti  a    I  haste  to  seek  thy  face  ; 
My  thirsty  spirit  faints  away, 
Without  thy  cheering  grace, 
2.  So  pilgrims  on  the  scorching  sand, 
Beneath  a  burning  sky 
Long  for  a  cooling  stream  at  hand, 
And  they  must  drink  cr  die. 
•3.  I've  seen  thy  glory  and  thy  pow'r, 
Through  all  thy  temple  shine  : 
My  God,  repeat  that  heav'nly  hour, 
That  vision  so  divine. 

4.  Not  all  the  blessings  of  a  feast 

Can  please  my  soul  so  well, 

As  when  thy  richer  grace  I  taste, 

And  in  thy  presence  dwell. 

5.  Not  life  itself,  with  all  her  joys 

Can  my  best  passions  move, 
Or  raise  so  high  my  cheerful  voice. 
As  thy  forgiving  love. 

Hymn  354.  s.  m. 

1.  "\/TY  God,  permit  my  tongue 
jA/JL   This  joy,  to  call  thee  mine  ; 
And  let  my  early  cries  prevail 

To  taste  thy  love  divine. 

2.  My  thirsty,  fainting  soul 

Thy  mercy  does  implore  : 
No*,  travellers  in  desert  lands 
Can  pant  for  water  more, 

3.  Within  thy  churches,  Lord, 

I  long  to  find  a  place, 
Thy  pow>  and  glon  to  beh< 
Anifcel  thy  qui<fk*nlng  gi 


254  PUBLIC  WORSHIP. 

4.  For  life  without  thy  love, 

No  l  elish  can  afford  ; 
No  joy  can  be  cempar'd  with  this, 
To  serve  and  please  the  Lord. 

5.  To  thee  I'll  lift  my  hands, 

And  praise  thee  while  I  live  ; 
Not  the  rich  dainties  of  a  feast 
Such  food  or  pleasure  give. 

Hymn  355.  l.  m. 

1.  TTOW  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair, 
JLjL  O  Lord  of  hosts,  thy  dwellings  are  ! 
With  long  desire  my  spirit  faints 

To  meet  th'  assemblies  of  thy  saints. 

2.  My  flesh  would  rest  in  thine  abode, 
My  panting  heart  cries  out  for  God. 
My  God,  my  King,  why  should  I  be 
So  far  from  all  my  joys  and  thee  ? 

3.  Blest  are  the  souls  that  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
There  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  seek  thy  face,  and  learn  thy  praise. 

4.  Blest  are  the  men  whose  hearts  are  set 
To  find  the  way  to  Zion's  gate  ; 

God  is  their  strength  ;  and  through  the  road 
They  lean  upon  their  helper  God. 

5.  Cheerful  they  walk  with  growing  strength, 
'Till  all  shall  meet  in  heav'n  at  length, 
'Till  all  before  thy  face  appear, 

And  join  in  nobler  worship  there. 

Hymn  356.  c.  m. 

i.  7^ /FY  souh  howl'  e  place, 

.IV. *l_   To  which  thy  God  resorts  ! 
'Tis  heav'n  to  sec  his  smiling  faci 
,     [Though  in  las  earthly  com 


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2.  With  his  rich  gifts  the  heav'nly  Dove 

Descends  and  fills  the  place, 
While  Christ  reveals  his  wondrous  love. 
And  sheds  abroad  his  grace. 

3.  Here,  mighty  God  !   thy  words  declare 

The  secrets  of  thy  will  ; 
And  still  we  seek  thy  mercy  here. 
And  sing  thy  praises  still. 

Hymn  357.  c.  m. 

1 .  O  ING  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  name, 
k3    And  in  his  strength  rejoice  ; 
When  his  salvation  is  our  theme, 

Exalted  be  our  voice. 

2.  With  thanks  approach  his  awful  sight, 

And  hymns  of  honour  sing  : 
The  Lord's  a  God. of  boundless  might, 
The  whole  creation's  King.  , 

3.  Come,  and  with  humble  souls  adore, 

Come,  kneel  before  his  face  ; 
Oh  may  the  creatures  of  his  pow'r 
Be  children  of  Ins  grace  ! 

4.  Nov/  is  the  time  ;  he  bends  his  ear, 

And  waits  for  your  request ; 
Come,  lest  he  rouse  his  wrath,  and  swear  ; 
"  Ye  shall  not  see  my  rest.'* 

Hymn  358.  s.  m. 

1.  /^i  OME,  sound  his  praise  abroa< 
\^y    And  hymns  of  glory  sing  : 
Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 

The  universal  King. 

2.  He  form '(J  the  deeps  unknown  ; 

He  gave  the  seas  their  bound  ; 
The  watery  worlds  arc  all  his  own, 
And  all  the  solid  ground. 


2U  PUBLIC  WORSHIP. 

3.  Come  worship  at  his  throne, 

Come  bow  before  the  Lord  : 
We  are  his  works  and  not  our  own, 
He  form'd  us  by  his.  word. 

4.  To  day  attend  his  voice. 

Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod  ; 
Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choke* 
And  own- your  gracious  God. 

Hymn  359.   l.  m. 

1.  /^<  OME,  let  our  voices  join  to  raise 
V^y    A  sacred  song  of  solemn  praise  ; 
God  is  a  sov'reign  King  :  Rehearse 
His  honour  in  exalted  verse. 

2.  Come*  let  our  souls  address  the  Lord, 
Who  fram'd  our  natures  with  his  word  ; 
He  is  our  shepherd  ;  we  the  sheep 
His  mercy  chose,  his  pastures  keep. 

3.  Seize  the  kind  promise,  while  it  waits, 
And  march  to  Zion's  heav'nly  gates  ; 
Believe  and  t:ike  the  promis'd  rest  : 
Obey,  and  be  for  ever  blest. 

Hymn  3 GO.   s.  m. 

1.  rTHHYnariie,  almighty  Lord, 

JL     Shall  sound  through  distant  lands  ; 
Groat  is  thy  grace,  and  sure  thy  word  ; 
Thy  truth  for  ever  stands. 

2.  Far  be  thine  honour  spread, 

And  long  thy  praise  endure, 
"Till  morning  light  and  evening  shade 
Shall  be  exchang'd  no  more. 


H 


Hymn  3(31.     CM. 

OW  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 

My  friends  devoutly  say, 


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«  In  Zion  let  us  all  appear, 
"  And  keep  the  solemn  day." 

2.  I  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road  : 

The  Church  adorn'd  with  grace 
Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God  ! 
To  show  his  milder  face. 

3.  Peaco  be  within  this  sacred  place, 

And  joy  a  constant  guest ! 
With  holy  gifts  and  heav'nly  grace 
Be  her  attendants  blest. 

4.  My  soul  shall  pray  for  Zion  still, 

While  life  or  breath  remains ; 
There  my  best  friends,  my  kindred  dwell ; 
There  God,  my  Saviour,  reigns. 

Hymn  362.  p.  m. 

1.  T  TOW  pleas'd  and  blest  was  I, 
X  X  To  hear  the  people  cry, 

;;  Come,  let  us  seek  our  God  to-day :" 
Yes,  with  a  cheerful  zeal  g 

We  haste  to  Zion's  hill, 

And  there  our  vows  and  honours  pay. 

2.  Zion,  thrice  happy  place  I 
Adorn'd  with  wond'rous  grace, 

And  walls  of  strength  embrace  thee  round ; 

In  thee  we  all  appear  „ 

To  pray,  and  praise  and  hear 
The  sacred  gospel's  joyful  sound. 

Hymn  SG3.  cm; 

13  "\TE  that  obey  th'  immortal  King, 
X    Attend  his  holy  place  ; 
Bow  to  thfe  glories  of  his  pow'r, 
And  bless  his  wondrous  grace. 
■I  Lift  up  your  hands  by  morning  light3 
And  send  your  souls  on  high ;  • 
z2 


358  PUBLIC  WORSHIP. 

Raise  your  admiring  thoughts  by  night 

Above  the  starry  sky. 
3.  The  God  of  Zion  cheers  our  hearts, 

With  rays  of  quickening  grace : 
The  God  who  spreads  the  heav'ns  abroad, 

And  rules  the  swelling  seas. 

Hymn  364.  l.  m. 

i.  X)  RAISE  ye  the  Lord,  exalt  his  name, 
Jl      While  in  his  earthly  courts  ye  wait> 
Ye  saints  that  to  his  house  belong, 
Or  stand  attending  at  his  gate. 
2.  Praise  ye  the  Lord,  the  Lord  is  good  ; 
To  praise  his  name  is  sweet  employ : 
Israel  he  chose  of  old,  and  still 
His  church  is  his  peculiar  joy. 

H)rmn  365.  c.  ar. 

1.  A    WAKE,  ye  saints,  to  praise  your  King 
XV  Your  sweetest  passions  raise, 

Your  pious  pleasure,  while  you  sing, 
Increasing  with  the  praise. 

2.  Great  is  the  Lord  ;  and  works  unknown 

Are  his  divine  employ  : 
But  still  his  saints  are  near  his  throne, 
His  treasure  and  his  joy. 

3.  O  Zion,  trust  the  living  God, 

Serve  him  with  faith  and  fear; 
He  makes  thy  courts  his  blest  abode, 
And  claims  thine  honours  here. 

Hymn  366.  s.  m. 
1.  T  LOVE  thy  Zion,  Lord, 
X  Ti^e  house  ofthino  abode, 
XJie  church,  O blest  Redeemer!  saY;d 
With  thy  owa  precious  blood. 


PUBLIC  WORSHIP.  25* 

2.  I  love  thy  church,  O  God! 

Her  walls  before  thee  stand, 
Dear  as  the  apple  of  thine  eye, 
And  graven  on  thy  hand. 

3.  If  e'er  to  bless  thy  sons 

My  voice  or  hands  deny, 
These  hands  let  useful  skill  forsake, 
Tnis  voice  in  silence  die. 

4.  If  e'er  my  heart  forget 

*  Her  welfare,  or  her  woe, 
Let  ev,ry  joy  this  heart  forsake. 
And  ev'ry  grief  o'erflow. 

5.  For  her  my  tears  shall  fall ; 

For  her  my  pray'rs  ascend  ; 
To  her  my  cares  and  toils  be  giv'n,; 
'Till  toils  and  cares  shall  end. 

6.  Beyond  my  highest  joy 

I  prize  her  heav'nly  ways, 
Her  sweet  communion,  solemn  vows? 
Her  hymns  of  love  and  praise. 

Hymn  367.  c.  m. 

I.TN  God's  own  house  pronounce  his  praise* 
X  His  grace  he  here  reveals  ; 
To  heav'n  your  joy  and  wonder  raise. 
For  there  his  glory  dwells. 

2.  Let  all  your  sacred  passions  move, 

While  you  rehearse  his  deeds ; 
But  the  great  work  of  saving  love 
Your  highest  pnise  exceeds. 

3.  All  that  have  motion,  life,  and  breath 

Proclaim  your  Maker  ( 
Yet  when  your  voice  expiree  in  d< 

Your  souls  shall  praise  him  best. 


T60  PASTORAL. 

Hymn  368.   p,  u. 
>..  TN  Zion's  sacred  gates 
X  Let  hymns  of  praise  begin. 
Where  ac\s  of  faith  and  love 
With  ceaseless  beauty  shine. 
While  God  is  there,  while  God  is  known, 
Before  his  throne  with  songs  appear. 

2.  His  wondrous  acts  demand, 
His  wisdom  and  his  grace, 
The  labours  of  our  hands, 
And  transports  of  our  praise. 
Rehearse  his  name  to  ov'ry  shore, 
Whore'er  his  pow'r  his  works  proclaim. 

3.  The  trumpet's  martial  voice, 
Tx.e  timbrel's  softer  sound, 
The  organ's  solemn  peal, 
United  praise  resound? 

To  swell  the  song,  with  highest  joy, 
Let  man  employ  his  tuneful  tongue. 


X  PASTORAL. 

Hymn  369.   c.  m. 
2,  /^  RE  AT  God,  the  nations  of  the  cartk 
\JT  Are  by  creation  thine  ; 
And  in  thy  works  by  all  beheld, 
Thy  radiant  glories  shine. 
2,  But,  Lord,  thy  greater  love  has  sent 
Thy  gospel  to  mankind, 
Unveiling  what  rich  stores  of  grace 
Are  treasur'd  in  thy  mind. 
2.  Lord,  when  shall  these  glad  tidings  spread 
The  spacious  earth  around, 
'Till  cv'ry  tribe,  and  ev'ry  soul 
Shall  hear  the  joyful  sound  I 


PASTORAL. 

4.  O  when  shall  Afric's  sable  sons 

Enjoy  the  heav'nly  word, 
And  vassals  tyng-enslav'd  become 
The  freemen  of  the  Lord  I 

5.  When  shall  tii5  untutor'd  Heathen  tribes, 

A  dark,  bewildered  ra< 
Sit  down  at  our  Immanuel's  feet, 

And  learn  and  feel  his  grac< 
G.  Haste,  sovereign  merry,  arid  transform 
Their  cruelty  to  love  ; 
Soften  the  tyger  to  a  Lamb, 
The  vulture  to  a  dove. 

7.  Smile,  Lord,  on  each  divine  attempt 
To  spread  ihe  gospel's  rays, 
And  build  on  sin's  demolished  throne 
The  temples  of  thy  praise. 

Hymn  370.  l.  m. 

The  apostle*  commii- 
Mark.  xvi.  1.5,  kc.  Matt,  xxviii.  18.  Sec. 

1."  f~^  O,  preach  my  gospel,"  saiih  the  Lord, 

VjT  "  Bid  the  whole  earth  my  grace  receive ; 
<;  He  shall  be  sav'd,  that  trusts  my  word; 
"  And  he  condemn'd  that  won't  believe. 
2.  u  I'll  make  your  great  conAnission  known, 
u  And  ye  shail  prove  my  gospel  true, 
"  By  all  the  works  that  I  have  done, 
"  By  all  the  wonders  ye  shall  do. 
u   Go,  heal  the  sick,  go  raise  the  dead, 
"  Go,  cast  out  devils  in  my  name  : 
M  Nor  let  my  prophets  be  afraid, 
"  Tho*  Greeks  reproach,  and  Jews  blaspheme. 

4."  Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands, 
"  I'm  with  you  till  the  world  shall  end  ; 
u  All  pov\  ?r  is  trusted  in  my  hands, 
"  I  can  destroy,  and  can  defend." 


262  PASTORAL. 

5-.  He  spake,  and  light  shone  round  his  head, 
On  a  bright  cloud  to  heav'n  he  rode ; 
They  to  the  farthest  nations  spread 
The  grace  of  their  ascended  God« 

Hymn  371.  l    m. 

The  institution  of  a  gosfiel  ministry  from  Christ, 
Eph.  iv.  8,   11,    12. 

1.  TT^  ATHER  of  mercies  in  thy  house 

J?    Smile  on  our  homage,  and  our  vows ; 
While  with  a  grateful  heart  we  share 
These  pledges  of  our  Saviour's  care. 

2.  Tne   Saviour,  when  to  heav'n  he  rose, 
In  splendid  triumph  o'er  his  foes 
Scatter 'd  his  gifts  on  men  below, 
And  wide  his  royal  bounties  flow. 

3.  Hence  sprung  th'  Apostle's,  honour'd  name, 
Sacred  beyond  heroic  fame  ; 

In  lowlier  forms  to  bless  our  eyes, 
Pastors  from  hence,  and  Teachers  rise. 

4.  From  Christ  their  varied  gifts  derive, 
And  fed  by  Christ  their  graces  live : 
While  guarded  by  his  potent  hand, 
'Midst  ail  the  rage  of  hell  they  stand. 

5.  So  shall  the  bright  succession  run 
Through  the  last  courses  of  the  sun; 
While  unborn  churches  by  their  care 
Shall  rise  and  flourish  large  and  fair. 

6.  Jesus  our  Lord  their  hearts  shall  know, 
The  spring,  whence  all  these  blessings  flow  , 
Pastors  and  people  shout  his  praise 
Through  the  long  round  of  endless  days. 


Hymn  372.    c.  m. 

»,  thou  all -redeeming  ] 
rhy  blessing  we  implore, 


1.  TESUS,  thou  ail-redeeming  Lord^ 
J    TJ 


PASTORAL.  263 

Open  the  door  to  preach  thy  word, 
The  great,  effectual  door. 

2.  Gather  the  outcasts  in,  and  save 

From  sin  and  satan's  pow'r  ? 
And  let  them  now  acceptance  have, 
And  know  their  gracious  hour. 

3.  Lover  of  souls,  thou  know'st  to  prize 

What  thou  hast  bought  so  dear  : 
Come  then,  and  in  thy  people's  eyes, 
With  all  thy  wounds  appear ! 

4.  Appear,  as  when  of  old  confest, 

The  suffering  Son  of  God  ; 
And  let  them  see  thee  in  thy  vest 
But  newly  dipt  in  blood. 

5.  The  stony  from  their  hearts  remove, 

Thou,  who  for  all  hast  dy'd  ; 
Shew  them  the  tokens  of  thy  love, 
Thy  feet,  thy  hands,  thy  side  ! 

6.  Thy  feet  were  naii'd  to  yonder  tree, 

To  trample  down  their  sin  ; 
Thy  hands  they  all  stretch'd  out  may  see, 
To  take  thy  murd'rers  in. 

P.  Thy  side  an  open  fountain  is, 
Where  all  may  freely  go, 
And  drink  the  living  streams  of  bliss, 
And  wash  them  white  as  snow. 

8.  Ready  thou  art  the  blood  t*  apply, 
And  prove  the  record  true  ; 
And  all  thy  wounds  to  sinners  cry : 
"I  suffeV,ci  this  for  you!" 

Hymn  373.   p.  m. 

THOU  Shepherd  of  Israel  and  mine, 
The  joy  and  desire  of  my  heart, 
Tor  closer  communion  I  pine, 
1  long-  to  reside  where  thou  art; 


264  PASTORAL. 

The  pasture  I  languish  to  find, 

Where  all  who  their  shepherd  obey, 

Are  fed,  on  thy  bosom  reclin'd, 

And  screen'd  from  the  heat  of  the  day. 

2,  Ah  !  shew  me  that  happiest  place, 

That  place  of  thy  people's  abode, 
Where  saints  in  an  ecstacy  gaze 

And  hang  on  a  merciful  God  : 
Thy  love  for  a  sinner  declare, 

Thy  passion  and  death  on  the  tree  ; 
My  spirit  to  Calvary  bear, 

To  suffer  and  triumph  with  thee. 

3.  'Tis  there  with  the  lambs  of  thy  flock, 

There  only  I  covet  to  rest ; 
To  lie  at  the  foot  of  the  rock, 

Or  rise  to  be  hid  in  thy  breast : 
fTis  there  I  would  always  abide, 

And  never  a  moment  depart ; 
Conceai'd  in  the  cleft  of  thy  side, 

Eternally  held  in  thy  heart 

Hymn  374.   s.  m. 

77ie  blessedness  ofgosjiel  times. 
Isai.  v.  2,  7,  8,  9,  10.     Matt.  xiii.  IS,  17. 

1.  T  TOW  beauteous  are  their  feet, 
XT   Who  stand  en  Zion's  hill, 
Who  brin  i  on  tl   vir  tongues, 

And  words  of  peace  reveal! 

2.  How  charming  is  their  voice  ! 

How  sweet  the  tidings  are  I 

"  Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King  ; 

"  He  reigns  and  triumphs  he 

3.  How  happy  arc  our  < 

That  hear  this  joyful  sound) 
Which  kings  and  prophets  v 
And  sought,  but  never  found. 


PASTORAL.  Ui 


4.  How  blessed  arc  our  eyes, 

That  see  this  heavenly  light! 

Prophets  and  kings  desir'd  it  long, 
Butdy'd  without  the  sight. 

5.  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 

And  tuneful  notes  employ ; 

Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songs, 

And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

6.  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 

Tnro'  ail  the  earth  abroad ; 
Let  every  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 


Hymn  375.  c.  m. 

1.  TESUSj  great  Shepherd  of  thy  she^ 
J    To  thee  for  help  we  fly  : 

Thy  little  Hock  in  safety  keep, 
Tor  O  the  wolf  is  nigh! 

2.  He  comes,  of  hellish  malice  full. 

To  scatter,  tear,  and  slay  ; 
He  seizes  ev'ry  straggling  souk 
As  his  own  lawful  prey. 

3.  Us  into  thy  protection  take, 

And  gather  with  thine  arm  : 
Unless  the  fold  we  first  forsake, 
The  wolf  can  never  harm. 

4.  We  laugh  to  scorn  his  cruel  pow'r, 

While  by  our  Shepherd's  side  ; 
The  sheep  he  never  can  devour, 
Unless  he  first  divide. 

5.  O  do  not  suffer  him  to  part 

The  souls  that  here  agree  ! 
But  make  us  of  one  mind  and  heart, 
And  keep  us  one  in  thee  i 
Aa 


*&  PASTORAL. 

6.  Together  let  us  sweetly  live, 
Together  let  us  die  ; 
And  each  a  starry  crown  receive^ 
And  reign  above  the  sky. 

Hymn  376.   l.  m. 

1,  TESUS,  thy  wand'ring  sheep  behold  1 
J    See,  Lord,  with  yearning  bowels  see, 
Poor  souls  that  cannot  find  the  fold, 

'Till  sought  and  gather'd  in  by  thee. 

2.  Lost  are  they  now,  and  scattered  wide, 

In  pain,  and  weariness  and  want : 
With  no  kind  Shepherd  near,  to  guide 

The  sick,  and  spiritless  and  faint. 
5.  Thou,  only  thou,  the  kind  and  good, 

And  sheep-redeeming  shepherd  art ; 
Collect  thy  flock,  and  give  them  food 

And  pastors  after  thine  own  heart. 

4.  In  cv'ry  messenger  reveal 

The  grace  they  preach  divinely  free ; 
That  each  may  by  thv  Spirit  tell  : 
"  He  dy'd  for  all,  who  dy'd  for  me." 

5.  A  double  portion  from  above, 

Of  thy  all-quick'ning  Spirit  impart; 
Shed  forth  thy  universal  love 
In  ev'ry  faithful  pastor's  heart. 

6.  Thine  only  glory  let  them  seek, 

()  let  their  hearts  with  love  o'erflow  ; 
Let  ihem  believe,  and  there  tore  speak, 
And  spread  thy  mercy's  praise  beloW. 

Hymn  377,  l.  m. 

1.  f^i  OMTORT,  ye  ministers  of  grace, 
\^y  Comfort  the  people  of  your  Lord ; 
O  lift  ye  up  the  fallen  race* 

And  steer  them  by  r.v  gospel-word. 


BAPTISM.  §67 

2.  Go  into  cv'ry  nation,  go. 

Speak  to  their  trembling  hearts,  and  cry, 
Glad  tidings  unto  all  we  show  ; 
Jerusalem,  thy  God  is  nigh. 

3.  Hark !  in  the  wilderness  a  cry  : 

A  voice  that  loudly  calls,  Prepare ! 
Prepare  your  hearts,  for  God  is  nigh, 
And  means  to  make  his  entrance  there  ! 

4.  The  Lord  your  God  shall  quickly  come : 

Sinners  repent,  the  call  obey : 
Open  your  hearts  to  make  him  room, 
Ye  desert  souls,  prepare  his  way. 

5.  The  Lord  shall  clear  his  way  thro'  all ; 

Whate'er  obstructs,  obstructs  in  vain : 
The  vale  shall  rise,  the  mountain  fall, 
Crooked  be  straight,  and  rugged  plain. 

S.  The  glory  of  the  Lord  display'd 

Shall  all  mankind  together  view  : 
And  what  his  mouth  in  truth  hath  said, 
His  own  almighty  hand  shall  do. 


XL   ORDIJM.YCES. 
1.  BAPTISM. 

Hymn  378.    l.  m. 

Baptism.     Matth.  xxviii,    19.     Acts  ii.  38. 

1. ,r  I  ^  WAS  the  commission  of  our  Lord  : 
X    "Go  teach  the  nations  and  baptize." 
The  nations  have  received  the  word, 
Since  He  ascended  to  the  skies. 

2.  He  sits  upon  th'  eternal  hills, 

With  grace  and  pardon  in  his  hands, 
And  sends  his  covenant  with  the  seals, 
To  bless  the  distant  heathen  lands. 


2*£  BAPTISM. 

3.  "  Repent  and  be  baptiz'd,"  he  salth, 
For  the  remission  of  your  sins;7' 
And  thus  our  sense  assists  our  faith, 
And  shews  us  what  his  gospel  means, 

4.  Our  souls  he  washes  in  his  blood, 
As  water  makes  our  bodies  clean; 
And  the  good  spirit  from  our  God 
B<  scends  like  purifying  rain, 

Phufi  we  engage  ourselves  to  thee, 
And  seal  our  cov'nant  with  the  Lord; 
O  may  the  great  Eternal  Three 
In  heaven  our  solemn  vows  record* 

Hymn  379,  c.  v. 

1.  /^1  ELESTIAL  Dove,  descend  from  high, 
V^y    And  on  the  water  brood  : 
Come,  with  thy  quick'ning  pow'r  apply 
The  water  and  the  blood. 

2. 1  love  the  Lord  that  stoops  so  tow 
To  give  his  word  a  seal ; 
But  the  rich  grace  his  hands  bestow 
Exceeds  the  figure  still. 

3.  Almighty  God,  on  thee  we  call, 
And  our  request  renew : 
Accept  in  Christ,  and  bless  withal, 
The  work  we  have  to  do. 

Hymn  380.  s.  m. 

"Y  Saviour's  pierced  side 
Pour'd  out  a  double  flood  ; 
Ly  water  we  are  purifiy'd, 
And  pardon 'd  by  the  blood. 

.  CallM  from  above,  I  rise, 

And  wash  away  my  sin ; 
The  stream  to  which  my  spirit  flies> 
•  ftft  tnal     the  foulest  clean. 


EUCHARISTIC.  269 

3 .  It  runs  divinely  clear, 

A  fountain  deep  and  wide  ; 
5Twas  open'd  by  the  soldier's  spear 
In  my  Redeemer's  side. 

Hymn  381.   l.  m. 

1.  /^  OME,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
V_y  Honour  the  means  ordain' d  by  thee  1 
Make  good  our  apostolic  boast, 

And  own  thy  glorious  ministry. 

2.  Father,  in  these  reveal  thy  Son  ; 

In  these  for  whom  we  seek  thy  face. 
The  hidden  mystery  make  known, 
The  inward  pure  baptizing  grace. 

3.  Jesus,  with  us  thou  always  art: 

Effectuate  the  sacred  sign : 
The  gift  unspeakable  impart, 
And  bless  the  ordinance  divine. 

4.  Eternal  Spirit,  descend  from  high, 

Baptizer  of  our  spirits  thou ! 
The  sacramental  seal  apply, 

And  witness  with  the  water  now, 


2.  EUCHARISTIC. 
Hymn  382.  l.  m. 

The  Lord's  Sufi/itr  instituted.      1.  Cor.  xi.  23,&c. 

1.  ,rT^\VAS  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 

1     When  pow'rs  of  earth  and  hell  arose 
Against  the  Son  of  God's  delight, 
And  friends  betray' d  him  to  his  foes. 

2.  Before  the  mournful  scene  began 

He  took  che  bread,  and  bless'd,  and  brake; 
A  a2 


270  EUCHARISTIC 

What  love  through  all  his  actions  ran ! 
What  wondrous  words  of  grace  he  brake,- 

3.  "  This  is  my  body  broke  for  sin, 
"  Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  ;" 
Then  took  the  cup  and  bless'd  the  wine ; 
u  'Tis  the  new  cov'niiiit  in  my  blood." 

6.  "  Do  this  (he  cry'd)  till  time  shall  end, 
44  In  mem'ry  of  your  dying'friend: 
44  Meet  at  my  table,  and  record 
44  The  love  of  your  departed  Lord." 

Hymn  383.    s.  m. 

Communion  with  Christ,  and  with  saintSj   1 ,  Cor, 
x.    16,    17. 
1.  TESUS  invites  his  saints 
J   To  meet  around  his  board  ; 
Here  pardon'd  rebels  sit,  and  hold 
Communion  with  their  Lord. 

3.  For  food  he  gives  his  flesh  ; 
He  bids  us  drink  his  blood  : 
Amazing  favour !  matchless  grace 
Of  our  eternal  God. 

3.  This  holy  bread  and  wine 

Maintain  our  fainting  breath, 
By  union  with  our  living  Lord 
And  int'restin  his  death. 

Af,  Our  heavenly  Father  calls 

Christ  and  his  members  one  ; 
We  the  young  children  of  his  love. 
And  He  the  first-born  Son. 

5.  We  are  but  scv'ral  parts 

Of  the  same  broken  bread  ; 
One  body  with  its  sev'ral  limbs5 
But  Jesus  is  the  head. 


EUCHARISTIC,  » ) 

6.  Let  all  our  pcw'rs  be  join 

Kis  glorious  name  to  raise  : 

Pleasure  and  love  fill  ev'ry  mind) 

And  ev'ry  voice  be  praise. 

Hymn  384.    p.  m. 

l.TN  that  sad  memorable  night, 
X  When  Jesus  was  for  us  betray'd, 
He  left  Ids  death-recording  rite  : 

He  took  and  bless'd  and  brake  the  bread> 
And  gave  his  own  their  last  bequest, 
And  thus  his  love's  intent  express'd. 

2.  "  Take,  eat,  this  is  my  bociy  giv-a, 

"  To  purchase  life  and  peace  for  you, 
il  Pardon  and  holiness  and  heav'fi  : 

"  Do  this,  my  dying  love  to  shew, 
"  Accept  your  precious  legacy, 
u  And  thus  my  friends  remember  me." 

3.  He  took  into  his  hands  the  cup, 

To  crown  the  sacramental  feast 
And  full  of  kind  concern  look'd  up, 

And  gave  to  them  what  he  had  blest ; 
u  And  drink  ye  ail  of  this,"  he  said, 
"  In  solemn  mem'ry  of  the  dead.'"' 

4.  "  This  is  my  blood,  which  seals  the  new 

u  Eternal  cov'nant  of  my  grace  ; 
u  My  blood  so  freely  shed  for  you, 

*  •  For  you,  and  all  the  sinful  race  : 
a  My  blood,  that  speaks  your  sins  forgiv'n> 
"  And  justifies  your  claim  to  heav'n. 

Hymn  385.   p.  m. 

1.  TTOW  can  heav'nly  spirits  rise,, 
JLJL  By  earthly  matter  fed, 
Drink  herewith  divine  supplies,. 
And  eat  immortal  bread; 


273  EUCHARISTIC.. 

Ask  the  Father's  wisdom,  how  ? 

Him  who  did  the  means  ordain3 
Angels  round  our  altars  bow 

To  search  it  out,  in  vain. 

2.  Sure  and  real  is  the  grace, 

The  manner  be  unknown  ; 
Only  meet  us  in  thy  ways, 

And  perfect  us  in  one. 
Let  us  taste  the  heav'nly  powr's, 

Lord,  we  ask  for  nothing  more  : 
Thine  to  bless,  'tis  only  ours 

To  wonder  and  adore. 

Hymn  386.   p.  m. 

DRAW  near  ye  blood-besprinkled  race, 
And  take  what  God  vouchsafes  to  give, 
The  outward  sign  of  inward  grace, 

Ordain'd  by  Christ  himself,  receive  : 
The  sign  transmits  the  perfect  right, 
The  grace  is  by  the  means  apply'd. 
2.  Sure  pledges  of  his  dying  love, 
Receive  this  sacramental  meat, 
And  feel  the  virtue  from  above, 

The  flesh  of  thy  Redeemer  eat ; 
Drink  with  the  wine  his  healing  bloody 
And  feast  on  the  Incarnate  God. 

Hymn  387.    c.  if: 

1.  /^l  OME,  Holy  Ghost,  thine  infiVnce  shed, 
V^y    And  realize  the  sign, 

Thy  life  infuse  into  the  bread, 
Thy  pow'r  into  the  wine. 

2.  Effectual  let  the  tokens  prove, 

And  made  by  heavenly  art, 
Fit  channels  to  convey  thy  love 
To  ev'ry  faithful  heart. 


MORNING.  2f3 

XII.  TIMES)  SEASONS  AKD  PLACE 
1.  MORNING. 


Hymn  388.   l.  if. 

GOD  of  the  morning,  at  whose  voice 
The  cheerful  sun  makes  haste  to  rke? 
And  like  a  giant  doth  rejoice" 

To  run  his  journey  through  the  skies. 
,  From  the  fair  chambers  of  the  east 

The  circuit  of  his  race  begins, 
And  without  weariness  or  rest 

Round  the  whole  earth  he  flies  and  shines 

,  Oh,  like  the  sun,  may  I  fulfil 

Th'  appointed  duties  of  the  day, 
With  ready  mind,  and  active  will, 
-  March  on,  and  keep  my  heav'nly  way, 


Hymn  389.   c.  k. 

ONCE  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day 
Salutes  thy  waking  eyes  ; 
Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 

To  him  who  rules  the  skies. 
,  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats, 

The  day  renews  the  sound, 
Wide  as  the  heav'n  on  which  he  sits, 

To  turn  the  seasons  round. 
,  Great  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 

Whilst  I  enjoy  the  light; 
Then  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline, 
And  bring  a  pleasant  night. 


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Hymn  390.  c.  m. 

God  was  with  me  all  the  night, 
And  gave  me  sweet  repase  : 


274  MORNING. 

His  angels  watch'd  me  while  I  slept, 
Or  I  had  never  rose. 

2.  Now  for  the  mercies  of  the  night 

My  humble  thanks  I'll  pay  ; 
Arid  unto  God  I'll  dedicate 
The  first  fruits  of  the  day. 

3.  In  pressing  dangers,  fears  and  death 

Thy  goodness  I'll  adore ; 
And  praise  thee  for  thy  mercies  past, 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

4.  My  life,  if  thou  preserv'st  my  life, 

Thy  sacrifice  shall  be  ; 
And  death,  when  death  must  be  my  lot, 
Shall  join  my  soul  to  thee. 

Hymn  391.  s.  m. 

1.  X"\7~^  ^  our  nearts  to  thee, 

V  V    O  Day -Star  from  on  high ! 
The  sun  itself  is  but  thy  shade, 
Yet  cheers  both  earth  and  sky. 

2.  O  let  thy  orient  beams 

The  night  of  sin  disperse, 

The  mists  of  error  and  of  vice* 

Which  shade  the  universe. 

3.  How  beauteous  nature  now  ! 

How  dark  and  sad  before  ! 
With  joy  we  view  the  pleasing  change. 
And  nature's  God  adore. 

4.  O  may  no  gloomy  crime 

Pollute  the  rising  day ! 
May  Jesu's  blood  like  ev'ning  dew 
Wash  all  our  sins  away. 

5.  May  we  this  life  improve, 

To  mourn  for  errors  past ; 
And  live  this  short  revolving  day, 
As  if  it  were  our  last. 


evening.  275 

Hymn  392.   l.  m. 

1.  Ik  TY  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love  I 
XV JL  Thy  gifts  are  ev'ry  ev*ning  new; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above, 

Gently  descend  like  early  dew. 

2.  Thou  spread'st  the  curtains  of  the  night, 

Great  guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours*; 
Thy  sovereign  word  restores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  pow'rs. 

3. 1  yield  myself  to  thy  command; 

To  thee  devote  my  nights  and  days  ; 
Perpetual  blessings  from  thy  Land 
Demand  perpetual  songs  of  praise. 


2.  EVENING. 
Hymn  393.  l.  m. 

1.  npiIUS  far  the  Lord  has  led  me  on, 

JL     Thus  far  his  pow'r  prolongs  my  days 
And  ev'ry  ev'ning  shall  make  known 
Some  fresh  memorial  of  his  grace. 

2.  Much  of  my  time  \xsd  run  to  wa^te, 

And  I  perhaps  am  near  my  home ; 
But  he  forgives  my  follies  past 

And  gives  me  strength  for  clays  to  come. 

3.  I  lay  my  body  down  to  sleep, 

Peace  is  the  pillow  for  my  head ; 
While  well-appointed  angels  keep 

Their  watchful  stations  round  my  bed. 

4.  In  vain  the  sons  of  earth  or  hell 

Tell  me  a  thousand  (rightful  things; 
My  God  in  safety  makes  me  dwell 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  his  wings. 


276  EVENING. 

Hymn  394.  c.  m. 

1.  THREAD  Sovereign,  let  my  evening 

\J    Like  holy  incense  rise  ; 
Assist  the  off' rings  of  my  tongue 
rro  reach  the  lofty  skies. 

2.  Through  all  the  dangers  of  the  day 

Thy  hand  was  still  my  guard, 
And  still  to  drive  my  wants  away, 
Thy  mercy  stood  prepar'd. 

3.  Perpetual  blessings  from  above, 

Encompass  me  around ; 
But  O  how  few  returns  of  love 
Hath  my  Creator  found ! 

A.  What  have  I  done  for  him  who  dy'd 
To  save  my  wretched  soul? 
How  are  my  follies  multiply'd, 
Fast  as  the  minutes  roll. 

5.  Lord,  with  this  guilty  heart  of  mine, 
To  thy  dear  cross  I  flee, 
And  to  thy  grace  my  soul  resign, 
To  be  renew'd  by  thee. 

Kymn  395.  c.  m. 

i.     A    LL  praise  to  him  v.  ho  dwells  in  bliss, 

^ljL    Who  made  both  day  and  night ; 
Whose  throne  is  in  the  great  abyss 

Of  uncreated  light. 
2.  Each  thought  and  deed  his  piercing  eyes 

With  strictest  search  survey  ; 
The  deepest  shades  no  more  disguise, 

Than  the  full  blaze  of  day. 

5.  Whom  thou  dost  guard,  O  King  of  kings, 
No  evil  shall  molest  : 
Under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings, 

•  st  : 


EVENING.  3f77 

4.  Thy  angels  shall  around  their  beds 

Their  constant  stations  keep  : 
Thy  grace  and  truth  shall  shield  their  heads, 
For  thou  dost  never  sleep. 

5.  May  we  with  calm  and  sweet  repose, 

And  heav'nly  thoughts  refrcsn'd, 
Our  eye-lids  with  the  morn's  unclose, 
And  bless  the  cver-bless'd. 


Hymn  396.     c.  u. 

L  TT  OS  ANN  A,  with  a  cheerful  sound, 
JlJL  To  God's  upholding  hand  ! 
Ten  thousand  snares  attend  us  round, 
And  yet  secure  we  stand. 

2.  That  was  a  most  amazing  pow'r 

Which  rais'd  us  with  a  word: 
And  ev'ry  day,  and  ev'ry  hour 
Wfi  lean  upon  the  Lord. 

3.  The  ev'ning  rests  our  weary  head, 

And  angels  guard  the  room  ; 

We  wake,  and  we  admire  the  bed* 

That  was  not  made  our  tomb. 

4.  The  rising  morning  can't  assure 

That  we  shall  end  the  day  ; 
For  death  stands  ready  at  the  door 
To  take  our  lives  away. 

5.  Our  breath  is  forfeited  by  sin 

To  God's  avenging  law  ; 
We  own  thy  grace,  immortal  King 
In  ev'ry  breath  we  draw. 

t5.  God  is  our  sun,  whose  daily  light 
Our  joy  and  safety  brings  ; 
Our  feeble  flesh  lies  safe  at  night 
Beneath  his  shady  wings, 
B  b 


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BIRTH-DAY. 


3.  BIRTII-DAY. 

Hymn  397-  p.  if. 

I .  /"^1  OD  of  my  life  to  thee 
VJT   My  cheerful  soul  I  raise  ; 
Thf  roodness  bade  me  be, 

And  still  prolongs  my  days  : 
I  see  my  natal  hour  return, 
And  bless  the  day  that  I  was  bom. 

3.  A  clod  of  living  earth, 

I  glorify  thy  name, 
From  whom  alone  my  birth, 

And  all  my  blessings  came  : 
Creating  and  preserving  grace 
Let  all  that  is  within  me  praise, 

3.  Long  as  I  live  beneath, 

To  thee,  O  let  me  live  ! 
To  thee  my  ev'ry  breath, 

In  thanks  and  praises  give  : 
Whate'er  I  have,  whate'er  I  am, 
Shall  magnify  my  Maker's  name- 

4.  My  soul  and  all  its  pow'rs, 

Thine,  wholly  thine  shall  be  ; 
All,  all  my  happy  hours, 

I  consecrate  to  thee : 
Me  to  thine  image  now  restore, 
And  I  shall  praise  thee  evermore. 

5.  I  wait  thy  will  to  do, 

As  angels  do  in  hcav'n  ; 
In  Christ  a  creature  new, 

Eternally  Ibrgiv'n: 
I  wait  thy  righteous  will  to  prove* 
All  sanctify'd  by  perfect  loi 


BIRTH-DAY.  27* 

.  Then  when  the  work  is  done, 
Tne  work  of  faith  with  pow'r, 
Receive  thy  favour'd  son, 

In  death's  triumphant  hour  : 
Like  Moses  to  thyself  convey, 
And  kiss  my  raptur'd  soul  away. 

Hymn  398.  v.  m. 

1.  VTOW  away  with  our  fears, 
JJN     The  glad  morning  appears, 

When  an  heir  of  salvation  was  born! 

From  Jehovah  I  came, 

For  his  glory  I  am, 
And  to  him  I  with  singing  return. 

2.  Thou,  my  Jesus  alone, 
Art  the  fountain  I  own 

Of  my  life  and  felicity  here  ; 

And  I  cheerfully  sing 

My  Redeemer  and  King, 
'Till  his  signs  in  the  heavens  appear. 

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3.  I  with  thanks  do  rejoice 
In  thy  fatherly  choice 

Of  my  state  and  condition  below  ; 

If  of  parents  I  came, 

Who  did  honour  thy  name, 
'Tvvas  thy  wisdom  appointed  it  so, 

4.  O  the  infinite  cares, 

And  temptations,  and  snares, 
Which  thy  hand  hath  conducted  me  thro'! 

O  the  blessings  be  stow  M 

By  a  bountiful  God, 
And  the  mercies  eternally  new ! 

5.  What  a  mercy  is  this, 
What  a  heaven  of  bliss, 

How  unspeakably  happy  am  I ! 


YOUTH. 

Gathered  into  thy  fold, 
With  thy  people  cnroliM, 
With  thy  people  to  live  and  to  die  1 

6.  Nov/  all  honour  and  praise 
To  the  Father  of  grace, 

To  the  Spirit  and  Son  I  return  : 
I  the  business  pursue, 
He  hath  made  me  to  do, 

And  rejoice  that  I  ever  was  bom* 


4.  YOUTH. 
Hymn  399.   l.  m. 

Youth  and  Judgment,  Eccl.  xi.  9. 

1.  "V^E  sons  of  Adam,  vain  and  young, 

X     Indulge  your  eyes,  indulge  your  tongue^ 
Taste  the  delights  your  souls  desire, 
And  give  a  loose  to  all  your  fire. 

2.  Pursue  the  pleasures  you  design, 

And  cheer  your  hearts  with  sonp;s  and  wine  ; 
Enjoy  the  day  of  mirth — but  know, 
There  is  a  day  of  judgment  too. 

3.  God  from  on  high  beholds  your  thoughts, 
His  book  records  your  secret  faults  ; 
The  works  of  darkness  you  have  done 
Must  all  appear  before  the  sun. 

4.  The  vengeance  to  your  follies  due 
Should  strike  your  hearts  with  terror  thro* : 
How  will  ye  stand  before  his  face, 

Or  answer  for  his  injurM  grace  ? 

5.  Almighty  Cod,  turn  off  their  eyes 
From  these  alluring  vanities. 

And  let  the  thunder  of  thy  word 
Awake  their  ecu's  to  fe^.r  the  Lord, 


Hy 


YOUTH.  2&1 

mn  400.    l.  m. 


Old  age  and  death  in  an  unconverted  state^ 
Eccl.  xii.  1,  7.  Isa.  lxv.  20. 

1.  VTOW  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood, 
J^l    Remember  your  Creator,  God : 
Behold  the  months  come  hast'ning  on, 
When  you  shall  say,  "My  joys  are  gone." 

2.  Behold  the  aged  sinner  goes, 
Laden  with  guilt  and  heavy  woes, 
Down  to  the  regions  of  the  dead, 
With  endless  curses  on  his  head, 

3.  The  dust  returns  to  dust  again; 
Tne  soul,  in  agonies  of  pain 
Ascends  to  God,  not  there  to  dwell, 
But  hears  her  doom,  and  sinks  to  hell. 

4.  Eternal  King !  I  fear  thy  name, 
Teach  me  to  know  how  frail  I  am ; 
And,  when  my  soul  must  hence  remove, 
Give  me  a  mansion  in  thy  love. 


Hymn  401.  c.  m. 

1.  r  I  ^IME  !  what  an  empty  vapour  'tis, 

JL    And  days  how  swift  they  arc  i 
Swift  as  the  archer's  arrow  flies, 
(J  r  like  a  shooting  star. 

2.  The  present  moments  just  appear, 

Then  slide  away  in  haste, 
That  we  can  never  say,  "  They're  here/' 
But  only  say,  u  They're  past." 

o.  Our  life  is  ever  on  the  wing, 
And  death  is  ever  nigh  ; 
The  moment,  when  our  lives  begin, 
We  ail  begin  to  die. 
Bb2 


W2  YOUTH. 

4.  Yet  mightyGod !  our  fleeting  days 
Thy  lasting  favours  share, 
And  with  the  bounties  of  thy  grace, 
Thou  load'st  the  rolling  year. 

Hymn  402.  l.  h. 

A  lovely  youth  falling  short  of  Heaven.    Mark.  x. 

1.  ~]\/F^^  a^  ^ie  cftarms  of  nature  then, 
-LVX  So  hopeless  to  salvation  prove  ? 
Can  luell  demand,  can  heav'n  condemn 
The  man  whom  Jesus  deigns  to  love ! — 

2.  The  man  who  sought  the  ways  of  truth. 
Paid  friends  and  neighbours  all  their  due  ; 
A  modest,  sober,  lovely  youth, 

Who  thought  he  wanted  nothing  now. 

3.  But  mark  the  change,   thus  spake  the  Lord  ; 
"  Come  part  with  earth  for  heav'n  to-day  1" 
The  youth  astonish'd  at  the  word, 

In  silent  sadness  went  his  way. 

4.  Poor  virtues,  tho*  he  boasted  sc — . 
This  test  unable  to  endure, 

Let  Christ,  and  grace,  and  glory  go, 
To  make  his  land  and  money  sure. 

5.  Ah  foolish  choice  of  treasures  here! 
Ah  fatal  love  of  tempting  gold! 

Must  this  base  world  be  bought  so  dear  ? 
And  life  and  heav'n  so  cheaply  sold  I 

6.  In  vain  the  charms  of  nature  shine, 
If  this  vile  passion  governs  me ; 
Transform  my  soul,  O  love  divine ! , 
And  make  me  part  with  all  for  thee> 


'■W 


Hymn  403.  cm. 
HEN  blooming  youth  is  snatch'd  away 
By  death's  resistless  hand) 


NEW-YEAR.  2»;v 

Our  hearts  the  mournful  tribute  pay, 
Which  pity  must  demand. 

2.  While  pity  prompts  the  rising  sigh, 

O  may  this  truth    imprest 
With  awful  pow'r — I  too  must  die, — 
Sink  deep  in  ev'ry  breast. 

3.  Let  this  vain  world  engage  no  more : 

Behold  the  gaping  tomb ! 
It  bids  us  seize  the  present  hour; 
To-morrow  death  may  come. 

4.  The  voice  of  this  alarming  scene 

May  ev'ry  heart  obey  : 
Nor  be  the  heav'nly  warning  vain, 
Which  calls  to  watch,  and  pray. 

5.  Oh  let  us  fly  !  to  Jesus  fly, 

Whose  powerful  ar^%  can  save; 
Then  shall  our  hopes  ascend  on  high,  . 

And  triumph  o'er^the  grave. 
4.  Great  God,  thy  sovereign  grace  imparV 

With  cleansing,  healing  power  ; 
This  only  can  prepare  the  heart 

For  death's  surprising  hour^  . 


5.  NEW-YEAR. 
Hymn  404.  l.  m. 

liclji  obtained  of  God,  Acts.  xxvi.  22. 

GREAT  God,  we  sing  that  mighty  hand 
By  which  supported  still  we  stand : 
Tne  op'ning  year  thy  mercy  shows  : 
Let  mercy  crown  it  'till  it  close. 
*  By  day,  at  night,  at  heme,  abroad, 
Still  we  ar?  guarded  by  our  God ; 


284  NEW-YEAR. 

By  his  incessant  bounty  fed, 
By  his  unerring  counsel  led. 

3.  With  grateful  hearts  the  past  we  own  j 
Ti.e  future,  all  to  us  unknown, 

We  to  thy  guardian  care  commit, 
And  peaceful  leave  before  thy  feet. 

4.  In  scenes  exalted  or  depress'd, 
Be  thou  our  joy,  and  thou  our  rest; 
Thy  goodness  all  our  hopes  shall  raise? 
Ador'd  thro'  all  our  changing  days. 

5.  When  death  shall  interrupt  these  songs. 
And  seal  in  silence  mortal  tongues, 
Our  helper-God,  in  whom  we  trust, 

In  better  worlds  our  souls  shall  boast. 

Hvmn  405.  p.  m. 

V 

1.  rT^HE  Lord  of  earth  and  sky, 

JL     The  Gcd  of  ages  praise  ! 
Who  reigns  enthron'd  on  high, 
Ancient  of  endless  days  ; 
Who  lengthens  out  our  trials  here, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

2.  Barren  and  wither'd  trees, 

We  cumber'd  long  the  ground  ! 
No  fruit  of  holiness 

On  our  dead  souls  was  found ; 
Yet  doth  he  us  in  mercy  spare, 
Another,  and  another  year. 

3.  When  Justice  drew  the  sword, 

To  cut  the  fig -tree  down ; 
The  pity  of  our  Lord, 

Cry'd,  "  Let  it  still  alone  !" 
The  Father  mild  inclines  his  ear, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

4.  Jesus,  thy  sper.ki.rg  blood, 

From  God  obtam'd  the  grace ; 


NEW-YEAR.  :85 

Vv  ho  therefore  hath  bestow  rJ 
On  us  a  longer  space  ; 
Thou  didst  in  our  behalf  appear, 
And  lo  !  we  see  another  fear. 

5.  Then  dig  about  our  root, 

Break  up  our  fallow  ground, 
•  And  let  our  gracious  fruit 

To  thy  great  praise  abound  ; 
O  Ictus  all  thy  praise  declare. 
And  fruit  unto  perfection  bear. 

Hymn  406.  p.  if. 

1.  /^1  OIvIE  let  us  anew,  our  journey  pursue, 
\^y  Roll  round  with  the  year, 

And  never  stand  stiii  till  the  Master  appear  1 
His  adorable  will  let  us  gladly  fulfil, 

And  our  talents  improve 
By  the  patience  of  hope,  and  the  labour  of  love. 

2.  Our  life  as  a  dream,  our  time  as  a  stream 

Glides  swiftly  away, 
And  the  fugitive  moment  refuses  to  stay : 
The  arrow  is  flown,  the  moment  is  gone  ; 

The  millennial  year 
Rush.es  on  to  our  view,  and  eternity's  here. 

3.  O  that  each  in  the  day  of  his  coming  may  say, 

"  I  have  fought  my  way  through, 
I  have  finish'd  the  work  thou  riid'st  give  me  todo  !,f 
O  that  each  from  his  Lord,  may  receive  the  glad 
word, 

"  Well  and  faithfully  done  ! 
"  Enter  into  my  joy,  and  sit  down  on  my  throne." 

Hymn  407.   c.  m. 
1 .  O  ING  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise  I 
k3    All  praise  to  him  betoti 

Who  kindly  lengthens  out  our  days, 
Demands  our  choicest  songs : 


286  NEW-YEAR. 

His  providence  has  brought  us  through 

Another  various  year  ; 
We  all  with  vows  and  anthems  new 

Before  our  God  appear. 

2.  Father,  thy  mercies  past  we  own, 

Thy  still  continu'd  care ; 
To  thee  presenting  thro*  thy  Son, 

Whate'er  we  have  or  are  : 
Our  lips  and  lives  shall  gladly  show 

The  wonders  of  thy  love, 
While  on  in  Jesu's  step9  we  go, 

To  seek  thy  face  above. 

3.  Our  residue  of  days  or  hours, 

Thine,  wholly  thine  shall  be  ; 
And  all  our  consecrated  pow'rs 

A  sacrifice  to  thee  ; 
'Till  Jesus  in  the  clouds  appear 

To  saints  on  earth  forgiv'n, 
And  bring  the  grand  sabbatic  year, 

The  jubilee  of  heav'n. 

Hymn  408-  cm. 

1.  A    ND  now,  my  soul,  another  year 
jLjL  Of  thy  short  life  is  past , 

I  cannot  long  continue  here, 
And  this  may  be  my  last, 

2.  Now  a  new  scene  of  time  begins, 

Set  out  afresh  for  heav'n  ; 

Seek  pardon,  for  thy  daily  sins, 

In  Christ  so  freely  giv'n. 


6.  SEASONS. 

Hymn  409.   cm. 

i.  r  |  ^Q  praise  the  ever  bounteous  I. 
JL    My  soul  wake  all  thy  powers; 


SEASONS.  287 

He  rails,  and  at  his  voice  come  forth 
The  smiling  harvest  hours. 

2.  His  cov'nant  with  the  earth  he  keeps  ; 

My  tongue  his  goodness  sing  ; 

Summer  and  winter  know  their  time, 
His  harvest  crowns  the  spring. 

3.  Well  pleas' d  the  toiling  swains  behold 

The  waving  yellow  crop: 
With  joy  they  bear  the  sheaves  away, 
And  sow  again  in  hope. 

4.  Thus  teach  me  gracious  God,  to  sow 

The  seeds  of  righteousness  ; 
Smile  on  my  soul,  and  with  thy  beams 
The  rip'ning  harvest  bless. 

5.  Then,  in  the  last  great  harvest,  I 

Shall  reap  a  glorious  crop  : 

The  harvest  shall  by  far  exceed 

What  I  have  sow'd  in  hope. 

Hymn  410.   c.  m. 

1.  Q*  TERN  Winter  throws  his  icy  chains 
O  Encircling  nature  round  : 

How  bleak,  how  comfortless  the  plains, 
Late  with  gay  verdure  crown'd ! 

2.  The  sun  withdraws  his  vital  beams, 

And  light,  and  warmth  depart ; 
And  drooping,  lifeless  nature  seems 
An  emblem  of  my  heart. 

3.  My  heart,  where  mental  winter  reigns 

In  night's  dark  mantle  clad, 
Confin'd  in  cold  inactive  chains 
How  desolate  and  sad ! 

4.  Return,  O  blissful  Sun,  and  bring* 

Thy  soul-reviving  ray  ; 
This  mental  winter  shall  be  spii.  j 
This  darkness  cheerful  day. 


283  SEASONS. 

5.  O  happy  state,  divine  abode, 

Where  spring  eternal  reigns  ; 
And  perfect  day,  the  smile  of  God, 
Fills  all  the  heav'nly  plains. 

6.  Great  source  of  light,  thy  beams  display, 

My  drooping  joys  restore, 
And  guide  me  to  the  scats  of  day, 
Where  winter  frowns  no  more. 

Hymn  411.  l.  m. 

The  Seasons  crowned  with  goodness^     Psalm  lxv.  1 l« 

1.  T7*  TERNAL  source  of  every  joy! 

jQj  Well  may  thy  praise  our  lips  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear, 
Whose  goodness  crowns  the  circling  year. 

2.  Tne  flow'ry  Spring  at  thy  command 
Perfumes  the  air  and  paints  the  land; 
The  Summer  rays  with  vigour  shine* 
To  raise  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 

3.  Thy  hand,  in  Autumn,  richly  pours 
Thro1  all  our  coasts  redundant  stores ; 
And  Winters,  soften'dby  thy  care, 
No  more  the  face  of  horror  wear. 

4.  Seasons,  and  months,  and  weeks,  and  days 
Demand  successive  songs  of  praise  ; 

And  be  the  grateful  homage  paid 
With  morning  light  and  evening  shade. 
b.  Here  in  thy  house  let  incense  rise, 
And  circling  Sabbaths  bless  our  eyes, 
*Till<o  those  lofty  heights  we  soar, 
Where  days  and  years  revolve  no  more. 


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Hymn  412.  c.  m. 

IT1I  songs  and  honours  sonneting  loud 
ddresa  the  Lord  on  high  ; 


SEASONS.  WV 

Over  the  heav'ns  he  spreads  his  cloud, 
And  waters  veil  the  sky. 

2.  He  sends  his  show'rs  of  blessings  down 

To  cheer  the  plains  below  ; 
He  makes  the  grass  the  mountains  crown, 
And  corn  in  vallies  grow. 

3.  He  gives  the  grazing  ox  his  meat, 

He  hears  the  ravens  cry  ; 
But  man,  who  tastes  his  finest  wheat, 
Should  raise  his  honours  high. 

4.  His  steady  counsels  change  the  face 

Of  the  declining  year  ; 
}le  bids  the  sun  cut  short  his  race, 
And  wint'ry  days  appear. 

5 .  His  hoary  frost,  his  fleecy  snow, 

Descend  and  clothe  the  ground  : 
The  liquid  streams  forbear  to  flow, 
In  icy  fetters  bound. 

.  When  from  his  dreadful  stores  on  high 
He  pours  the  rattling  hail, 
The  wretch  that  dares  his  God  defy, 
Shall  find  his  courage  fail. 

7.  He  sends  his  word,  and  melts  the  snow  y 
The  fields  no  longer  mourn  ; 
He  calls  the  warmer  gales  to  blow, 
And  bids  the  spring  return. 

3.  The  changing  wind,  the  flying  cloud, 
Obey  his  mighty  word  : 
With  songs  and  honours  sounding  loud 
Praise  ye  the  sov'reign  Lord. 

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$oo        PARTICULAR  PROVIDENCES. 
7.  PARTICULAR  PROVIDENCES. 
Hymn  413.  l.  m. 

NationalJudgmentB  deprecated,  and  national  mercies 
pleaded.     Amos  iii.    1 — 6. 

1.  T  71  7TIILE  o'er  our  guilty  land,  O  Lord, 

V  V     We  view  the  terrors  of  thy  sword: 
Oh  !  whither  shall  the  helpless  fly  ; 
To  whom  but  tiice  direct  their  cry  ? 

2.  The  helpless  sinner's  cries  and  tears 
Arc  grown  familiar  to  thine  ears ; 
Oft  has  thy  mercy  sent  relief, 
When  all  was  fear  and  hopeless  grief. 

3.  On  thee  our  guardian  God  we  call, 
Before  thy  throne  of  grace  we  fall; 
And  is  there  no  deliverance  there  ; 
And  must  we  perish  in  despair  ? 

4.  See,  we  repent,  we  weep,  we  mourn, 
To  our  forsaken  God  we  turn; 

O  spare  our  guilty  country,  spare 

The  church  which  thou  hast  planted  here. 

5.  We  plead  thy  grace,  indulgent  God ; 
We  plead  thy  Son's -atoning  blood ; 
We  plead  thy  gracious  promises, 
And  are  they  unavailing  pleas? 

6.  These  pleas  presented  at  thy  throne 
Have  brought  ten  thousand  blessings  down 
On  guilty  lands  hi  helpless  woe ; 

Let  them  prevail  to  save  us  too. 

Hymn  414.  c.  m. 

I.  TXEATIl  with  hi*  dread  commission  sealM, 
JiJ)  Now  hastens  to  his  arms  ; 
i]  he  takes  the  field, 

And  sounds  his  dire  alarms, 


PARTICULAR  PROVIDENCES.      2C 

?..  At"  agues  around  him  stanu, 

And  wait  his  dread  command  ; 
And  priiis  and  dying  groans  obey 
Tne  signal  of  his  hand. 

3.  With  cruel  force  he  scatters  round 

His  shafts  of  deadly  pow*r  ; 
While  the  grave  waits  its  destin'd  prey, 
Impatient  to  devour. 

4.  Look  up,  ye  heirs  of  endless  joy, 

Nor  let  your  fears  prevail  ; 

.  s  your  reward, 
When  life  on  earth  shall  fail. 

5.  What  tho*  his  darts,  promiscuous  hu 

Deal  fatal  plagues  around  ; 
And  heaps  of  putrid  carcases 
O'erload  the  cumber'd  ground  ; 

6.  The  arrows  that  shall  wound  your  flesh. 

Were  giv'n  him  from  above, 
Dipt  in  the  great  Redeemer's  blood, 
And  wing'd  with  grace  and  love. 

7.  These,  with  a  gentle  hand,  he  throws, 

And  saints  He  gasping  too  ; 
But  heav'nly  strength  supports  their  soulss 
And  bears"them  conqu'rors  thro'. 

8.  Joyful  they  stretch  their  wings  abroad, 

And  all  in  triumph  rise 
To  the  fair  palace  of  their  God, 
And  mansions  in  the  *kies. 

Hymn  415.   c.  m. 

1.  T    ORD,  I  am  pain'd  ;  but  I  resign 
I  4  My  body  to  thy  will  ; 

'Tis  grace,  'tis  wisdom  all  divine, 
Appoints  the  pains  I  feel. 

2.  Dark  are  thy  ways  of  providence, 

While  they  who  love  thee  groan  : 


3*3       PARTICULAR  PROVIDENCES. 

Thy  reasons  lie  concealM  from  sense, 
Mysterious  and  unknown. 

3.  Yet  nature  may  have  leave  to  speak. 

And  plead  before  her  God, 
Lest  the  o'erburden'd  heart  should  break 
Beneath  thine  heavy  rod. 

4.  These  mournful  groans  and  flowing  tears 

Give  my  poor  spirit  ease  ; 
Whilst  ev'ry  groan  my  father  hears, 
And  ex'ry  tear  he  sees. 

6.  Is  not  some  smiling  hour  at  hand 
With  peace  upon  its  wings  ? 
Give  it,  O  God,  thy  swift  command, 
With  all  the  joys  it  brings. 

Hymn  416.  c.  m. 

i.  QOV'REIGNoflife,  I  own  thy  hand 
k5    In  ev'ry  chast'ning  stroke  ; 
And  whilst  I  smart  beneath  thy  rod, 
Thy  presence  I  invoke. 

2.  To  thee  in  my  distress  I  cried, 

And  thou  hast  bow'd  thine  ear  ; 
Thy  powerful  word  my  life  prolong^, 
And  brought  salvation  near. 

3.  Unfold,  ye  gates  of  righteousness, 

That,  with  the  pious  throng, 
I  may  record  my  solemn  vows, 
And  tune  my  grateful  song. 

4.  Praise  to  the  Lord,  whose  gentle  hand 

Renews  our  lab* ring  breath  : 
Praise  to  the  Lord,  who  makes  his  saints 
Triumphant  e'en  in  death. 


DEATH.  294 

8.  DEATH. 
Hymn  417.  c.  if. 

I.  Qj  TOOP  down,  my  thoughts,  that  use  to  14 
Jk^    Converse  awhile  with  death ! 
Think  how  a  gasping  mortal  lies 
And  pants  away  his  breath. 

3.  His  quivering  lips  hang  feebly  down, 
His  pulse  are  faint  and  ie  w  : 
Then  speechless,  with  a  doleful  groan? 
He  bids  the  world  adieu. 

3.  But  O  the  soul  that  never  dies  ! 

At  once  it  leaves  the  clay  ! 
Ye  thoughts,  pursue  it  where  it  flies^ 
And  trace  its  wond'rous  wray. 

4.  Up  to  the  courts  where  angels  dwell, 

It  mounts  triumphant  there ; 
Or  devils  plunge  it  down  to  hell, 
In  infinite  despair. 

5.  And  must  my  body  faint  and  die  ? 

And  must  this  soul  remove  ? 
O  for  some  guardian  angel  nigh, 
To  bear  it  safe  above. 

6.  Jesus,  to  thy  dear  faithful  hand, 

My  naked  soul  I  trust; 
My  ilcsh  shall  wait  for  thy  command, 
And  drop  into  my  dust. 

Hymn  418.  c.  m. 

i.  jP\  EATII  cannot  make  our  sculs  afraid. 
JL/    If  C»od  be  with  us  there  ; 
We  may  wall;  thro'  its  darkest  d;ade; 
And  never  yield  to  tear. 

2. 1  could  renounce  my  all  belcw\ 
-v.torbid; 

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294  DEATH. 

And  run,  if  I  were  call'd  to  go, 
And  die  as  Moses  did. 

3.  Might  I  but  climb  to  Pisgali's  top, 

And  view  the  promis'd  land, 

My  flesh  itself  would  long  to  drop, 

And  pray  for  thy  command. 

4.  Clasp'd  in  my  heav'nly  Father's  arms 

I  should  forget  my  breath, 
And  lose  my  life  amidst  the  charms 
Of  so  divine  a  death. 

Hymn  419.     c.  m. 

1.  Tj     ORD,  at  thy  temple  we  appear, 
t  a  As  happy  Simeon  came, 

And  hope  to  meet  our  Saviour  here  ; 
O  make  our  joys  the  same  ! 

2.  With  what  divine  and  vast  delight 

The  good  old  man  was  fill'd, 
When  fondly  in  his  wither'd  arms 
He  clasp'd  the  holy  child  : 

3.  "  Now  I  can  leave  this  world,  he  cried, 

"  Behold  thy  servant  dies  ; 
"I've  seen  thy  great  salvation,  Lord, 
"And  close  my  peaceful  eyes. 

4.  "  This  is  the  light  prepar'd  to  shine 

"  Upon  the  Gentile  lands, 
Thine  Israel's  glory,  and  their  hope, 
"  To  break  their  slavish  bands." 
£'.  Jesus  !  the  vision  of  thy  face, 
Hath  over-pow'ring  charms! 
Scarce  shall  I  feel  death's  cold  embrace, 
If  Christ  be  in  my  arms. 


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Hymn  4£0.  c.  m. 

ARK  !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound> 
My  ears  attend  the  cry  ; 


DEATH.  29* 

44  Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground; 
"  Where  you  must  shortly  lie. 

2.  "  Princes,  this  clay  must  be  your  bed, 

44  In  spite  of  all  your  tow'rs  I 
"  The  tall,  the  wise,  the  rev'rend  head,. 
"  Must  lie  as  low  as  ours." 

3.  Great  God!  is  this  our  certain  doom  ? 

And  are  we  still  secure  ? 
Still  walking  downward  to  the  tomb, 
And  yet  prepare  no  more  ! 

4.  Grant  us  the  pow'r  of  quick'ning  grace* 

To  fit  our  souls  to  fly  ; 
Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flesh. 
We'll  rise  above  the  sky. 

Hymn  421.   c.  m. 
The  rich  fool  surprised.  Luke  xii.  16 — 22* 

1.  TA  ELUDED  souls  !  who  think  to  find 
_L/    A  solid  bliss  below : 

Bliss!  the  fair  flow* r  of  paradise, 
On  earth  can  never  grow. 

2.  See  how  the  foolish  wretch  is  pleas'd, 

T'  increase  his  worldly  store  ; 

Too  scanty  now  he  finds  his  barns, 

And  covets  room  for  more.       « 

3.  "  What  shall  I  do?"  clistrest,  he  cries  : 

44  This  scheme  will  I  pursue : 
"  My  scanty  barns  shall  now  come  down, 
"  I'll  build  them  large  and  new. 

4. "  Here  will  I  lay  my  fruits,  and  bid 
"  My  soul  to  take  her  ease  : 
"  Eat,  drink,  be  glad,  my  lasting  store 
"  Shall  give  what  joys  I  please." 

5.  Scarce  had  he  spoke,  when  lo!  from- heav'a 
Th'  Almighty  made  reply  j 


DEATH. 

"  For  whom  dost  thou  provide,  thou  Cool  1 
"  Tliis  night  thyself  shall  die." 
6.  Teach  me,  O  God,  all  earthly  joys 
Are  but  an  empty  dream : 

And  may  I  seek  my  bliss  alone, 
In  thee  the  good  Supreme. 

Hymn  422,  cm. 

1.  nP^HERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 

1      Where  saints  immortal  reign. 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

2.  There  everlasting  spring  abides, 

And  never  with'ring  flowers  : 
Death,  like  a  narrow  sea,  divides 
This  heav'nly  land  from  ours. 

3.  Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  Rood 

Stand  dress'd  in  living  green  ; 

So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 

While  Jordan  roll'd  between. 

4.  But  tim'rous  mortals  start  and  shrink. 

To  cross  this  narrow  sea, 
And  linger,  shiv'ring  on  the  brink, 
And  fear  to  launch  away. 

5.  Oh  1  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove,  - 

These  gloomy  doubts  which  rise, 
And  see  the  Canaan  that  we  love, 
With  unbeclouded  eyes. 

6.  Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood, 

And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 
Not  Jordan's  stream,  nor  death's  cold  flood., 
Shoidd  fright  us  from  the  shore. 


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Hymn  423.   c   m.. 

ORD,  'tis  an  infinite  delight 
To  sec  thy  lovely  G 


DEATH.  297 

To  dwell  whole  ages jn  thy  sight, 
And  feel  thy  vital  rays. 

2.  This  Gabriel  knows,  and  sings  thy  name 

With  rapture  on  his  tongue  ; 

Moses,  the  saint,  enjoys  the  same/ 

And  heav'n  repeats  the  song. 

3.  While  the  bright  nation  sounds  thy  praise* 

From  each  eternal  hill, 
Sweet  odour3  of  exhaling  grace 
The  happy  region  fill. 

4.  Thy  love  a  sea  without  a  shore 

Spreads  life  and  joy  abroad  ; 
O  'tis  a  heav'n  worth  dying  for, 
To  see  a  smiling  God. 

5.  Sweet  was  the  journey  to  the  sky, 

The  wond'rous  Prophet  try'd  : 
"  Climb  up  the  mount,"  said  God,  "  and  die  :'* 
The  Prophet  climb'd  and  dy'd. 

6.  Shew  me  thy  face,  and  I'll  away 

From  all  inferior  things  ; 
Speak,  Lord,  and  here  I  quit  my  clay, 
And  stretch  my  airy  wings. 

Hymn  424.  c.  m. 

Comfort  for  pious  parents  who  have  been  bereaved  of 
their  children.  Isaiah  lvi.  4,  5. 

1.  *V7~E  mourning  saints,  whose  streaming  tears 

X     Flow  o'er  your  children  dead, 
Say  not  in  transports  of  depair, 
That  all  your  hopes  are  fled. 

2.  While  cleaving  to  that  darling  dust 

In  fond  distress  ye  lie, 
Rise  and  with  joy  and  rev'rence  view 
A  heav'nly  parent  nigh. 

3.  Though  your  young  branches  torn  av 

like  withei'd  trunks  ye  stand, 


2   8  DEATH. 

With  fairer  verdure  shall  ye  bloom, 
Touch'dby  th'  Almighty's  hand. 

A.  u  I'll  give  the  mourner,"  saith  the  Lord, 
"  In  my  own  house  a  place  ; 
u  No  names  of  daughters  and  of  sons 
"Could yield  so  high  a  grace. 

5.  "  Transient  and  vain  is  cv'ry  hope 

"  A  rising  race  can  give  : 
"  In  endless  honour  and  delight 
"  My  children  all  shall  live." 

6.  We  welcome,  Lord,  those  rising  tears, 

Thro*  which  thy  face  we  see, 
And  bless  those  wounds,  which  thro*  our  hs&rU 
Prepare  a  way  for  thee. 

Hymn  425.   p.  u. 

1.  "T  TITAL  spark  of  heavenly  flame, 

V    Quit,  O  quit  this  mortal  frame, • 
Trembling,  hoping-,  ling'ring,  flying, 
O  the  pain,  the  bliss  of  dying  ! 
Cease,  fond  nature  cease,  thy  strife, 
And  let  me  languish  into  life. 

2.  Hark !  they  whisper  angels  say, 
Sister  spirit,  come  away  ; 
What  is  this  absorbs  me  quite  ? 
Steals  my  senses,  shuts  my  sight, 
Drowns  my  spirit,  draws  my  breath, 
Tell  me,  my  soul,  can  this  be  death  ? 

3.  The  world  recedes,  it  disappears, 
Heaven  opens  on  my  eyes,  my  ears 
With  sounds  seraphic  ring, 

Lend,  lend  your  wings,  I  mount,  I  fly, 
O  grave,  where  is  thy  victory  ! 
Q  death,  where  is  thy  sting  I 


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9.  RESURRECTION. 

Hymn  426.  c.  m. 

1,  T  TOW  long  shall  death,  the  tyrant,  reign, 
XI  And  triumph  o'er  the  just ; 

While  the  rich  blood  of  martyrs  slain 
Lies  mingled  with  the  dust  ? 

2.  Lo!   I  behold  the  scatter'd  shades, 

Tne  dawn  of  heav'n  appears  ; 
The  sweet,  immortal  morning*  spreads 

Its  blushes  round  the  spheres. 
3. 1  see  the  Lord  of  glory  come, 

And  flaming  guards  around  ; 
The  skies  divide  to  make  him  room. 

The  trumpet  shakes  the  ground. 

4.  I  hear  the  voice,  "  Ye  dead  arise !" 

And  lo  the  graves  obey : 
And  waking  saints  with  joyful  eyes 
Salute  th'  expected  day. 

5.  They  leave  the  dust,  and  on  the  wing 

Rise  to  the  midway-air, 
In  shining  garments  meet  their  King, 
And  bow  before  him  there. 

6.  O  may  our  humble  spirits  stand 

Among  them  cloth'd  in  white  ! 
The  meanest  place  at  his  right  hand 
Is  infinite  delight. 

Hymn  427.  l.  lfc 

i.  "^^f  O,  I'll  repine  at  death  no  more, 
X^l    But  with  a  cheerful  voice  resign 
To  the  cold  dungeon  of  t':c  grave 
These  dying,  withering  limbs  of  mine. 

2.  Let  worms  devour  my  wasting  flesh| 
And  crumble  all  my  bones  to  dust, 


500  RESURRECTION. 

My  God  shall  raise  my  flesh  anew 
At  the  revival  of  the  just. 

3.  Break,  sacred  morning,  thro*  the  skies, 
Bring  that  delightful,  awful  day ! 
Cut  short  the  hours,  dear  Lord,  and  come ; 
Thy  ling'ring  wheels  how  long  they  stay  I 


Hymn  42SL  c.  m. 

Hofie  of  heaven  by  the  resurrection  of  Christ, 
1  Pet.  1.  3,  4,   5. 

1.  T>  LESS'D  be  the  everlasting  God, 
JJ  The  father  of  our  Lord : 

Be  his  abounding  mercy  prais'd, 
His  majesty  ador'd. 

2.  When  from  the  dead  he  rais'd  his  son, 

And  call'd  him  to  the  sky, 

He  gave  our  souls  a  lively  hope 

That  they  should  never  die. 

3.  What  tho'  our  many  sins  require 

Our  flesh  to  see  the  dust, 
Yet  as  the  Lord  our  Saviour  rose, 
So  all  his  followers  must. 

4.  There's  an  inheritance  divine 

Refer'd  against  that  day  ; 
'Tis  uncorrupted,  undefil'd, 
And  cannot  fade  away. 

Hymn  429.  s.  m. 

1.  4    ND  must  this  body  die, 

JTjl  This  well-wrought  frame  decay  ? 
And  must  these  active  limbs  of  mine 
Lie  moukriing  in  the  clay  ? 

2.  Corruption,  earth,  and  worms 

Shall  but  refine  this  flesh, 


JUDGMENT.  301 

Till  thy  triumphant  5j  Lrit  ccmes 
To  put  it  on  afresh. 

3.  Cod,  my  Redeemer  lives, 

And  ever  from  the  skies 
Looks  down,  and  watches  all  my  dust, 
'Till  he  shall  bid  it  rise. 

4.  Array'd  in  glorious  grace 

Shall  these  \ile  bodies  shine, 
.  ev'ry  shape,  and  ev'ry  face 
Be  heav'nly  and  divine. 

5.  These  lively  hopes  we  owe, 

Lord,  to  thy  dying  love; 
O  may  we  bless  thy  grace  below, 

And  sing  thy  grace  above. 
3.  Saviour,  accept  the  praise 

Of  these  our  humble  song*, 
'Till  tunes  of  nobler  sounds  we  raise 

With  our  immortal  tongues. 


10.  JUDGMENT. 

Hymn  430.    cm. 

1.  Q*  ING  to  the  Lord,  ye  heav'nly  hosts, 
^3    And  thou,  O  earth,  adore  : 

Let  death  and  heli,  thro'  all  their  coasts, 
Stand  trembling  at  his  pow'r. 

2.  His  sounding  chariot  shakes  the  sky, 

He  makes  the  clouds  bis  throne  ; 

There  all  his  stores  of  'Vhtning  lie, 

'Till  vengeance  darts  them  down. 

3.  His  nostrils  breathe  out  fiery  streams. 

And  from  his  awful  tongue 
A  sovereign  voice  divides  the  flan 
And  thunder  roars  along. 

D  d 


303  JUDGMENT. 

4.  Think,  O  my  soul,  the  dreadful  day, 
When  this  incensed  God 
Shall  rend  the  sky,  and  burn  the  sea, 
And  send  his  wrath  abroad  ! 

5*  What  shall  the  wretch,  the  sinner  do  ? 
He  once  defy'd  the  Lord  : 
But  he  shall  dread  the  thund'rer  now, 
And  sink  beneath  his  word. 

6.  Tempests  of  angry  fire  shall  roll, 
To  blast  the  rebel-worm, 
And  beat  upon  his  naked  soul 
In  one  eternal  storm. 


Hymn  431.  l.  m. 

The  books  opened,  Rev.  xx.  12. 

1.  y  1  MiE  mighty  deep  gives  up  her  trust, 

X     Aw'd  by  the  Judge's  high  command  ; 
Both  small  and  great  now  quit  their  dust, 
And  round  the  dread  tribunal  stand. 

2.  Behold  the  awful  books  displayed, 

Big  with  tli*  important  fates  of  men  ; 

Each  deed  and  word  now  public  made, 

As  wrote  by  heaven's  unerring  pen, 

3.  To  ev'ry  soul,  the  books  assign 

The  joyous  or  the  dread  reward  : 
Sinners  in  vain  lament  and  pine, 

No  plea  the  Judge  will  here  regard. 

4.  Lord,  when  these  awful  leaves  unfold, 

May  life's  fair  book  my  soul  approve  : 
There*may  I  read  my  name  enroli'd, 
And  triumph  iii  redeeming  love. 

Hymn  432.  l.  m. 

E  comes  !  he  comes  !  the  Judge  severe  \ 
The  seventy  trumpet  spcuks  him  near  ; 


JUDGMENT.  305 

His  lightnings  flash,  his  thunders  roll ; 
How  welcome  to  the  faithful  soul ! 
-m\  heav'n  angelic  voices  sound, 
•    the  Almighty  Jesus  crown'd  1 
Girt  with  omnipotence  and  grace, 
And  glory  decks  the  Saviour's  face. 

3.  Descending  on  his  azure  throne, 

He  claims  the  kingdoms  for  his  own  ; 
The  kingdoms  all  obey  his  word, 
And  hail  him  their  triumphant  Lord ! 

4.  Snout  all  the  peopie  of  the  sky, 
And  all  the  saints  of  the  Most  High  ; 
Our  Lord  who  now  his  right  obtains, 
For  ever  and  for  ever  reigns. 

Hymn  433.  p.  M. 

1.  T    O  !  he  comes  with  clouds  descending! 
I  j  Once  for  favour'd  sinners  slain  ! 

Thousand,  thousand  saints  attending, 
Swell  the  triumph  of  his  train  ; 

Hallelujah  ! 
God  apr  ears  with  man  to  re'gn* 

2.  EvVy  eye  shall  now  behold  him, 

Rob'd  in  dreadful  majesty  ! 
Those  wrho  set  at  nought  and  sold  him, 
Pierc'd  and  nail'd  him  to  the  tree, 

Deeply  wailing, 
Shall  the  true  Messiah  see. 
1.  The  clear  tokens  of  his  passion, 
Still  his  dazzling  body  boars  ; 
Cause  of  endless  exultation 

To  his  ransom'd  worshippers  ; 

With  what  rapture 
Gaze  we  on  those  glorious  scars! 

*.  Yea,  Amen  !  let  all  adore  thee, 
High  on  thine  eternal  throne  1 


;04  HE  AYE: 

Saviour  take  thy  pow*r  and  glory, 
Claim  the  kingdom  for  thine  o\?n . 

Jah!  Jehovah! 
Everlasting  God,  come  down! 


11.  HEAVEN. 
Hymn  434.  c.  m. 

Aaeurance  cf  Hearer:,  2  Tim.  iv.  6,  7,  8,  18, 
CD  has  laid  up  in  heav'n  for  me 


G' 


A  crown  which  cannot  fade ; 
The  righteous  Judge,  at  the  great  day 
Shall  place  it  on  my  head. 

2.  Nor  hath  the  King  of  grace  decreed 

This  prize  for  me  alone ; 
But  all  that  love  and  long  to  see 
TV  appearance  of  his  Son. 

3.  Jesus,  the  Lord,  shall  guard  mc  safe 

From  ev'ry  ill  design ; 
And  to  his  heav'nly  kingdom  take 
This  feeble  soul  of  mine. 

4.  God  is  my  everlasting  aid, 

And  hell  *,ball  rage  in  vain; 

To  him  be  highest  glory  paid, 

And  endless  praise.  Amen. 

Hymn  435.  cm. 

Heaven  invidble and holy.   1  Cor.  ii.  9, 10. 
Rev.  xxi.2r. 

].  "\TOR  eye  hath  seen,  nor  ear  hath  heard, 
XN    Nor  sense  nor  reason  taownj 
What  joys  the  Father  I  r*d 

Tor  those  that  love  the  Son. 


HEAVEN.  305 

2.  But  the  good  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

Reveals  a  heav'n.to  come: 

The  beams  of  glory  in  his  word 

Allure  and  guide  us  home. 

3.  Pure  are  the  joys  above  the  sky, 

And  all  the  region  peace ; 
No  wanton  lips,  nor  envious  eye. 
Can  see  or  taste  the  bliss. 

4.  Those  holy  gates  for  ever  bar 

Pollution,  sin,  and  shame  ; 
None  shall  obtain  admittance  there. 
But  followers  of  the  Lamb. 

5.  He  keeps  the  Father's  book  of  life, 

There  all  their  names  are  found; 
The  hypocrite  in  vain  shall  stiive 
To  tread  the  heav'nly  ground. 

Hymn  436.   c.  m. 

1.  /^\^  Jordan's  rugged  banks  I  stand, 
V>/  -And  cast  a  wishful  eye 

To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 
Where  my  possessions  lie. 

2.  O  the  transporting,  rapturous  scene, 

That  rises  to  my  sight ! 
Sweet  fields  array'd  in  living  green, 
And  rivers  of  delight ! 

3.  There  gen'rous  fruit  that  never  fails, 

On  trees  immortal  grow: 
There  rocks  and  hills,  and  brooks  and  valea, 
With  milk  and  honey  flow. 

4.  O'er  all  those  wide  extended  plains 

Shines  one  eternal  day  : 
There  God,  the  sun,  for  ever  reigns, 
-J.nd  scatters  night  away. 
d  d  2 


ftM  HEAVEN. 

■:,.  No  chilling  winds,,  nor  poisonous  breath* 
Can  reach  that  healthful  shore : 
Sickness  and  sorrow,  pain  and  death 
Are  felt  and  fear'd  no  more. 


Hymn  437.  c.  m. 

FIRST    PART. 

1.  T  T  THAT  sacred  raptures  fire  my  breast; 

V  V     And  snatch  me  to  the  skies, 
Whilst  the  low  earth  stretched  out  immense 
A  spacious  prospect  lies  ! 

2.  Bright  gilded  palaces  in  view 

Their  shining  turrets  rear, 

And  rivers  in  rich  smiling  vales, 

With  seats  of  bliss  appear. 

3.  Lo!  the  wide  shrinking  orbs  no  more 

Their  florid  beauty  show, 
But  wrapt  in  clouds  their  fading  scene 
A  groupe  of  figures  grow. 

4.  What  sparkling  orbs,  thro'  the  great  void, 

Fill  all  the  ambient  skies  ? 
Whilst  happy  vales  and  amber  streams, 
Transport  the  ravish'd  eyes. 

SECOND    PART. 

1.  HAIL  glorious  GOD !  thy  boundless  pow*r 

Acts  thro'  all  nature's  sphere  I 
Whcr'er  I  look  creation  round, 
I  see  thy  goodness  there. 

2.  What  rapid  car  thus  whirls  my  soul 

Beyond  the  azure  skies? 
A  burst  of  glory  drowns  my  sight, 
And  scenes  ecstatic  rise. 

3.  In  bright  effulgence,  here,  thy  beam*? 

In  all  their  splendour  blaze, 


HEAVEN. 

And  saints  with  angels  emulate 
Each  others  love  and  praise. 

4.  But  one  at  Jesus'  powerful  hand 

Shines  bright  above  the  rest, 
And  love  divine  in  dazzling  rays 
Is  wrote  upon  his  breast. 

5.  Hark  !  hark  I  I  hear  th'  harmonious  strife 

And  thunder  of  the  choir, 
Whilst  to  the  height  of  gratitude 
The  heav'nly  host  aspire. 

6.  Hark!  how  the  floating  anthems  swell? 

And  fill  the  realms  above  ! 
Xo  wonder,  whenth'  exalted  theme 
Is  GOD,  and  endless  LOVE, 


INDEX. 


J»qft. 

ADORE  and  tremble,  for  our  God      -     -  4 

Awake,  awake,  the  sacred  song        -'    -  18 

All  glory  to  God  in  the  sky, 21 

All  ye  that  pass  by,  to  Jesus  draw  nigh      -     -  37 

Alas  !  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed      .--_•»-  40 

A  Lamb  goes  forth  and  bears  the  guilt      -     -  53 

All  hail  the  true  Elijah -  67 

All  hail  the  pow'r  of  Jesu's  name          -     -     -  75 

Arise,  my  soul,  arise         --     -     -     -     --  79 

As  showers  on  meadows  newly  mown       -     -  86 

Arm  of  the  Lord  awake,  awake        -     -     -     -  87 

Almighty  Father,  gracious  Lord      -     -     -     -  109 

Away  my  unbelieving  fear     -     -     -     -     -     -  119 

Attend,  while  God's  exalted  Son      -     -     -     -  136 

Ah  whither  shall  I  go       -------  162 

As  new  born  babes  desire  the  breast     -     -     -  192 

And  is  the  gospel  peace  and  love     -     -     -     -  211 

Awake  my  heart,  arise  my  tongue        -     -     -  218 

An  inward  baptism  of  pure  fire        -     -     -     -  222 

Another  six  days  work  is  done         -     -     -     -  247 

Away  from  every  mortal  care     -----  249 

Awake,  ye  saints,  to  praise  your  King       -     -  258 

All  praise  to  him  who  dwells  in  bliss     -     -     -  276 
Away  with  our  fears          -------279 

And  now,  my  soul,  another  year      ...     -  288 

And  must  this  body  die           ------  300 

BRIGHT  King  of  glory,  dreadful  God       -  15 

Behold  the  grace  appears        -     -    -     -  17 

Behold  the  woman's  prcfbis'd  seed       -     -     -  25 

Behold,  the  blind  their  sight  receive     -     -     -  31 

Behold  the  Saviour  of  mankind         -     -     -     -  36 

Behold  the  loving  Son  of  God 4i 


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INDEX.  1(59 

Bless'd  morning,  whose  young  clawing  rays  62 

Break  forth  into  praise 66 

Behold  the  glories  of  the  Lamb        -     *     -     -  F3 

W  be  the  Father  and  his  love        -     -     -  96 

fore  Jehovah's  awful  throne           -     -     -     -  106 

kvard  with  humble  shame  we  look     -     -  122 

Broad  is  the  road  that  leads  to  death            -  125 

Behold  what  wond'rous  grace           -          -  137 

Blow  ye  the  trumpet,  blow         -        -         -  15  1 

Behold  htow  sinners  disagree         -         -         -  169 

Behold  the  wretch  whose  lust  and  wine         -  171 

Being  of  beings,  God  of  love         -         -  195 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds          -  209 

Behold  the  sons,  the  heirs  of  God          -  219 

Besprinkle  with  th y  blood  my  heart       -         -  223 

Bless'd  are  the  humble  -souls  that  see     -        -  241 

Behold  the  morning  sun         -         -   -      -      -  252 

Bless'd  be  the  everlasting  God    -         -         -  300 

CAN  creatures  to  perfection  find  1 

Christ,  thy  holy  wounds  and  passions  49 

Come  then,  thou  Prophet  of  the  Lord           -  65 

Come  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs              -  73 

Come  Holy  Spirit,  heav'niy  dove          -         -  83 

Come  gracious  Spirit,  heav'niy  deve            -  84 

Come  then,  dear  Lord,  thyself  reveal           -  87 

Ccnvi  Holy  Spirit,  come          -                    -  91 

(  pme  Holy  Ghost)  our  hearts  inspire            -  93 

Commit  thou  alt  tbj                    -        -        -  112 

Christ  and  his  cross              oiir  theme         -  135 

Curs'd  be  the  man,  forever  curs'd          -         -  143 

Come  hither  all  ye  weary  souls         -         -  146 

Come  weary  souls,  wi-h  sin  distrest         -  147 

le  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy         -         -  149 

Come  sinners  to  the  gospel  feast         -        -  15( 

Come,  O  thou  all-victorious  Lord          -         -  174 

Come  Father,  Son.,  and  Holy  Ghost          -  178 

Gaston  thy  fidelity            -    '     -         -         -  201 


310  INDEX. 

fiage. 

Come  Lord  and  help  mc  to  rejoice           -  -03 

Come,  Saviour  Jesus,  from  above         -         -  214 

Come  thou  omniscient  son  of  man            -  221 

Come  ye  that  Love  the  Lord          -             -  224 

Create  my  soul  anew             ...  246 

Come  sound  his  praise  abroad              -         -  255 

Come  let  our  voices  join  to  raise              -  256 

Comfort  ye  mini slers  of  grace          -          -  266 

Celestial  dove,  descend  from  high              -  268 

Come,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost              -  269 

Come  Holy  Ghost,  thine  influence  shed         -  272 

Come  let  us  anew,  our  journey  pursue         -  285 

DEAREST  of  all  the  names  above         -  23 

Dearest  Lord,  and  shall  thy  spirit  rest  90 

Draw  near  ye  blood-besprinkled  race           -  272 

Dread  Sov'reign,  let  my  evening  song         -  276 

Death  with  his  dread  commission  seal'd         -  290 

Death  cannot  make  our  souls  afraid           -  293 

Deluded  souls,  who  think  to  find         -         -  295 

ETERNAL  wisdom,  thee  we  praise         -  10 

Eternal  Spirit  we  confess                -  85 

Ere  the  blue  heavens  were  stretch'd  abroad  1 3 

Enslav'd  by  sin,  and  bound  in  chains          -  47 

Eternal  Spirit,  source  of  light          -  94 

Early  my  God  withc-.it  delay             -              -  253 

Eternal  source  of  every  joy               -          -  283 

FATHER,  our  hearts  we  lift           -          -  2  3 

Father  of  everlasting  grace              -  81 

From  regions  of  love,  lo !  an  angel  descended  2  1 

Father  of  glory,  to  thy  name            -  99 

Father  in  whom  we  live               -               -  99 

Father  of  our  dying  Lord            -            -  101 

Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  word              -         -  127 

Father  how  wide  thy  glory  shines           -  133 

Father  of  lights,  from  whom  proceeds  158 

For  ever  here  my  rest  shall  be                -  181 

Fountain  of  liie,  to  all  below             -          -  190 


INDEX.  311 

page. 

Faith  come  3"  by  hearing  Gcd's  record        -  196 

Faith!  'tis  a  precious  grace              -           -  197 

Faith  adds  new  charms  to  earthly  bliss  197 

Father  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee          -  199 

Father  I  dare  believe              -              -              -  201 

Father  of  mercies,  send  thy  grace              -  208 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies             -  232 

Father  of  all,  thy  care  we  bless         -              -  246 

Frequent  the  day  of  Gcd  returns             -  248 

Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  house              -  262 

GLORY  be  to  God  on  high               -  73 

Glory  to  God,  the  Father's  name         -  96 

Great  was  the  day,  the  joy  was  great              -  93 

Give  to  our  God  immortal  praise              -  111 

Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears              -              -  113 

God  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  pow'r         -  114 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way              -  115 

Great  king  of  glory  and  of  grace              -  124 

God  in  the  gospel  of  his  Son              -         -  128 

Grace!  'tis  a  charming  sound                -  142 

Gentiles  by  nature  we  belong              -         -  145 

God  is  in  this  and  ev'ry  place            -           -  i64 

Cod  is  a  Spirit,  just  and  wise            -         -  171 

Great  God  indulge  my  humble  claim         -  184 

(^ive  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise            -  239 

Gre.it  God!  the  nations  of  tie  earth          -  260 

Go  preach  my  gospel,  saith  the  Lord         -  261 

God  of  the  morning,  at  whose  voice         -  273 

God  of  my  life  to  thee             -              -  278 

I  ,     at  God  we  sing  that  mighty  hand          -  28  3 

God  has  hud  up  in  heav'n  for  me             -  304 

HOW  should  the  sons  of  Adam's  nice  5 
Hark  the  glad  sound,  the  Saviour  comes      19 

Hark  I  the  herald  angels  sing          -  2  4 

High  let  us  swell  our  tuneful  notes              -  3  I 

How  heavy  is  the  night  27 

He  dies  !  the  friend  of  sinners  dies            -  58 


312  INDEX, 

Hailj  or  great  High  priest        -      69 

He  lives,  the:  great  Redeemer  lives         -  76 

Hail !  holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord              -           -  98 

How  are  thy  servants,  bless'd,  O  Lord  103 

How  do  thy  mercies  close  me  round           -  117 

}  low  precious  is  the  book  divine               -  1 ./, 

Had  I  the  tongues  of  Greeks  and  Jews  139 

How  vain  are  all  things  here  below             -  157 

How  happy  ev'ry  child  of  grace               -  205 

Happy  the  heart  where  graces  reign         -  207 

Holy  and  true  and  righteous  Lord              -  22 1 

Happy  the  souls  to  Jesus  join'd              -  222 

Happy  the  man  who  finds  the  grace    j    -  225 

Hence  from  my  soul,  sad  thoughts  be  gone  236 

How  honourable  is  the  place              -           -  239 

How  charming  is  the  place              -             -  249 

How  pleasant,  how  divinely  fen r             -  254 

How  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  bear             -  256 

How  pleas' d  and  bless'd  was  I            -         -  25  7 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet         -          -  26  i 

How  can  heav'nly  spirits  rise         -           -  271 

Hosannah  with  a  cheerful  sound              -  27  7 

I  lark  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound         -  294 

How  long  shall  death  the  tyrant  reign         -  299 

He  comes,  he  comes,  the  judge  severe         -  302 

Hail  glorious  God,  thy  boundless  pow'r         -  306 

N  evil  long,  I  took  delight           -            -  4  ■« 

Infinite  grief !  amazing  woe               -  4  5 
I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives 

I  give  immortal  praise           -  -             -         -  97 

In  thee  I  live  and  more  and  am  !             -  110 

If  God  to  build  the  house  deny           -           -  142 

I  hate  the  tempter  and  his  churms            -  156 

kind  return             -          -          -  170 

m<  ij>le  wi                   -             -  175 

t  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God          -  177 

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In  themselves  as  weak  as  worms 

Infinite  unexhausted  love 

I'll  praise  my  Maker  whilst  I've  breath 

In  sweet  exalted  strains  .    - 

I  love  thy  Zion,  Lord 

In  God's  own  house  pronounce  his  praise 

In  Zion's  sacred  gates 

In  that  sad  memorable  night 

JESLr  It  lou  everlasting  king 
Joy  to  the  world  ;  the  Lord  is  come 
Join  all  the  glorious  names 
Jesus  with  all  thy  saints  above 
Jesus  my  great  High-Priest 
Jesus  we  on  thy  word  depend 
Jesus,  God  of  peace  and  love 
Jesus  the  weary  wand'rer's  rest"1 
Jesus  my  Saviour  and  my  God 
Jesus  let  thy  pitying  eye 
Jesus  if  still  thou  art  to-day 
Jesus  if  still  the  same  thou  art 
Jesus  my  strength,  my  hope 
Jesus  my  life,  thyself  apply  »  ;   • 

Jesus  my  truth  my  way 
Jesus  my  Lord  attend 
Jesus  wher'er  thy  people  meet 
Jesus  shepherd  of  thy  sheep 
Jesus,  my  Saviour  full  of  grace 
Jesus  hath  d)'d  that  I  might  live 
Jesus  united  by  thy  grace 
Jesus  thou  all  redeeming  Lord 
Jesus  great  shepherd  of  thy  sheep 
Jesus  thy  wand'ring  sheep  behold 
Jesus  invites  his  saints 

LET  others  boast  how  strong  they 
Lord  all  1  am  is  known  to  thee 
Lift  up  your  he  ails,  ye  gates 
Let  God,  the  Father,  live 
Let  heav'n  and  earth  agree 
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Let  the  high  heav'ns  your  songs  invite  -      103 

Lord  when  our  raptur'd  tho'ts  survey  -        104 

Let  the  wild  leopards  of  the  wood  -            124 

Let  av'rice  borne  from  shore  to  shore  -         127 

Laden  with  guilt  and  full  of  fears         -  132 

Lord,  we  confess  our  num'rous  faults  -         134 

Let  ev'ry  mortal  ear  attend              -  -         148 

Lovers  of  pleasure  more  than  God  -           153 

Lord  how  secure  my  conscience  was  -          154 

Lord  Jesus,  when,  when  shall  it  be  -         175 

Lord  I  believe  a  rest  remains              -  -       199 

Let  Pharisees  of  high  esteem         -  -           207 

Let  party  names  no  more           -         -  -         210 

Let  earth  and  heav'n  agree              -  -         225 

Lord,  what  a  wretched  land  is  this  -          234 

Let  me  but  hear  my  saviour  say           -  -     238 

Lo !  what  a  glorious  sight  appears  -          240 

Lord  how  secure  and  blest  are  they  -        240 

Lord  thou  wilt  hear  me  when  I  pray  -         245 

Lord  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear  -         250 

Lord  I  am  pain'd,  but  I  resign            -  -       291 

Lord  at  thy  temple  we  appeal*             -  -       294 

Lord 'tis  an  infinite  delight         -          -  -        596 

MY  God,  my  life,  thy  various  praise  -       12 

Mortals,  awake,  with  angels  join  1 5 
My  dear  Redeemer  and  my  Lord        -  -     -         27 

Master  I  own  thy  lawful  claim           -  -        120 

Mistaken  souls  that  dream  of  heav'n  -       -     155 

Man  has  a  soul  of  vast  desires         -        -  -      155 

My  sorrows  like  a  flood           -          -  -          168 

My  God,  my  life,  my  love            -  -           176 

My  hope,  my  all,  my   Saviour  thou  -         187 

My  hope,  my  portion  and  my  God  -           196 

My  Saviour  my  Almighty  friend         -  -       229 

My  God,  my  portion,  and  my  love  -          231 

My  God  the  spring  of  all  my  joys         -  -       236 

My  Cod  permit  my  tongue         -       -  -         253 

My  soul  how  lovely  is  the  place          -  -       254 


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My  Saviour's  pierced  side         -         -  -         263 

My  God  was  with  me  all  the  night  -           273 

My  God  how  endless  is  thy  love  -             275 

Must  all  the  charms  of  nature  then  -           282 

NOW  to  the  Lord  a  noble  song  -         -       30 
Now  be  my  heart  inspir'd  to  sing        -         3  I 

Now  for  a  tune  of  lofty  praise            -  -            63 

Now  let  us  raise  our  cheerful  strains  -         76 

Now  let  a  spacious  world  arise            -  -          102 

Not  from  the  dust  affliction  grows  -            117 

Not  all  the  outward  forms  on  earth  -          136 

Not  all  the  nobles  of  the  earth            -  -           138 

Not  by  the  law  of  innocence          -         -  -       198 

Now  by  the  bowels  of  my  God         -  -          210 

Mow  let  our  voices  join                -           -  243 

Now  in  the  heat  of  youthful  blood  -             281 

No,  I'll  repine  at  death  no  more          -  -         299 

Nor  eye  hath  seen,  nor  ear  hath  heard  -       304 

OLOVE  divine  !  what  hast  thou  done  36 

Of  him  who  did  salvation  bring  -            37 

G  Lamb  of  God  our  Saviour             -  -          50 

O  boundless  grief          -          -         -  -            50 

O  head  so  full  of  bruises           -           -•  -           57 

O  world  see  thy  creator                  -  -            59 

O  for  a  shout  of  sacred  joy               -  -          69 

Our  Lord  is  risen   from  the  dead  -              70 

O  the  delights  the  heav'nly  joys          -  -         74 
O  Holy  Ghost  eternal  God            ...        92 

O  holy  Father,  God  of  love         ~         -  -          95 

Our  heavenly  Father  is  not  known  -            95 

O  for  a  closer  walk  with  God            -  -          138 

O  that  I  knew  the  secret  place            -  140 

O  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing         -  -          148 

O  that  I  could  repent             -             -  -        159 

O  thou  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry  -           1 67 

O  God  of  mercy  hear  my  call            -  -         167 

O  if  my  soul  did  feel  her  woe  -               170 

Oft  have  I  turo'd  mv  eve  within  -             172 


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O  that  I  could  my  Lord  receive             -  173 

O  that  my  load  of  sin  were  gone              -  183 

O  thcu  to  whose  all-searching  sight             -  185 

O  Sun  of  righteousness  arise             -           -  186 

O  God  most  merciful  and  true          -         -  190 

O  joyful  sound  of  gospel  grace                -  204 

O  glorious  hope  of  perfect  love                -  206 

O  what  stupendous  mercy  shines              -  209 

O  love  divine  how  sweet  thcu  art            -  212 

O  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God          -          -  220 

O  thou  God  of  my  salvation            -           -  229 

Once  more  my  soul  the  rising  day             -  273 

On  Jordan's  rugged  banks  I  stand             -  305 

PLUNG'D  in  a  gulph  of  dark  despair  39 

Peace  troubled  soul,  thou  need's*  not  fear  116 

Pierce,  fill  me  with  an  humble  fear           -  189 

Praise  ye  the  Lord  >tis  good  to  raise            -  228 

Praise  ye  the  Lord  exalt  his  name             -  25  8 

ISE,  rise  my  soul  and  leave  the  ground  2 

_\  Rouse  thyself  my  soul  and  dwell          -  54 

Rejoice  ye  shining  worlds  on  high       -         -  71 

Rejoice,  the  Lord  is  King  72 

Raise  your  triumphant  songs        -         -  147 

SHALL  the  vile  race  of  flesh  and  blood     -  2 

Songs  of  immortal  praise  belong         -  -     8 

Shall  wisdom  cry  aloud,      -         -         -         -  14 

Shepherds  rejoice,  lift  up  your  eyes         -         -  20 

Sinners  lift  up  your  hearts  82 

Spirit  of  faith,  on  thee  we  call        -         -         -  83 

Spirit  of  grace  we  bless  thy  name         -         -  89 

Bhi  like  a  venemous  disease      -          -         -  \23 

Sin  has  a  thousand  trcachVons  arts       -         -  125 

Shall  Atheists  ditrc  insult  the  cross         -  129 

Strait  is  the  way  the  door  is  strait       -          -  140 

Sinners  obey  the  gospel  word       -        -  151 

Shiners  turn  why  will  ye  die      -         -         -  152 

Sinners  the  voiqe  of  God  regard       -        -  158 

Shew  pity  Lord,  O -Lord forgive            -         -  16fc 


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Stay  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay  -         -  173 

ikied  with  reconciling  blood  •         -      194 

So  let  our  lips  and  lives  express  -         -         217 

Sweet  was  the  time  when  first  I  felt  -  233 

Salvation,  O  the  joyful  sound  ...     242 

Sing  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  name  -         -25  5 

Sing  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  praise  -         -     285 

Stern  winter  throws  his  icy  chains  -         -     2S7 

Sov*reigH  of  life  I  own  thy  hand  -         •       292 

Stoop  down  my  tho'is  that  use  to  rise  -  298 

Sing  to  the  Lord  ye  heavVly  hosts  -  301 

TO  God  the  only  wrise  -     6 

Tnus  saith  the  high  and  lofty  one  -         7 

Thy  names  how  infinite  they  be  -         -         11 

The  Lord!  how  fearful  is  his  name  -  -  12 
The  voice  of  my  beloved  sounds       •  -     2S 

The  mighty  frame  of  glorious  grace  -  -32 
The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns        -        -  33 

Their  hangs  the  Saviour  of  mankind  -  -  -  4! 
There  is  a  fountain  fill'd  with  blood  42 

The  Saviour,  what  a  noble  flame  -  -  -  43 
HTis  finished — so  the  Saviour  cry'd         -  47 

The  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise  -  -  -  61 
The  third  auspicious  morn  is  come  -  -  63 
Thee,  the  great  prophet  sent  from  God     -  C4 

Thee  Father  of  men  and  angels  we  praise  -  101 
The  glories  of  my  Maker  God  -  -  -  1C5 
The  spacious  firmament  on  high  -         -        106 

There  is  a  Gcd  all  nature  speaks  -  107 

Tho'  troubles  assail  and  dangers  affright  -  114 
The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare  -  -  118 
Thou  Lamb  of  God,  thou  prince  of  peace  -  >21 
The  Lord  descending  from  above  -  -  •  I2£ 
This  is  the  word  of  truth  and  love  -  -  130 
5Twas  by  an  order  from  the  Lord  -        -        131 

The  Lord  on  high  proclaims         -        -  135 

That  God  who  made  the  worlds  en  high  -  H  3 
The  Saviour  calls — let  evhy  ear         -         -        145 


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There  was  an  hour  when  Christ  rejoie'd  -     156 

Thou  hi  iden  God  for  whom  I  groan        -  -     164 

Thou  man  of  griefs  remember  me         -  -     165 

The  Lo^l  will  happiness  divine          -  -          168 

The  thin g  my  God  doth  hate           -         -  -     180 

Thou  hidden  iove  of  God  whose  height  -     181 

Thou  great  mysterious  God  unknown  -         187 

*Tis  by  the  faith  of  joys  to  come            -  -        198 

'Tis  pure  delight  without  alloy          -  -         211 

Thee  will  I  iove  my  strength  my  tow'r  -      212 

'Tis  a  point  I  long  to  know         -         -  -         215 

Thrice  happy  souls  who  born  of  heav'n  -      218 

Thy  ceaseless  unexhausted  love  -         226 

This  is  the  God  whom  we  adore          -  -         229 

Thy  name  almighty  Lord         -            -  -       256 

Thou  shepherd  of  Israel  and  mine           -  -      263 

'Twas  by  the  commission  of  our  Lord  -        267 

'Twas  on  that  dark  that  doleful  night        -  -     269 

Thus  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on         -  -       275 

Time  what  an  empty  vapour  'tis            -  -     281 

The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky          -         -  -        284 

To  praise  the  ever  bounteous  Lord          -  -     286 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight            -  -       296 

The  mighty  deep  gives  up  her  trust  -         302 

UP  to  the  Lord  who  reigns  on  high  -         5 

Unite  my  roving  tho'ts,  unite  -         237. 

VAIN  delusive  world  adieu             -  45 

Vital  spark  of  heavenly  flame          -  -  297 
WHEN  I  with  pleasing  wonder  stand      -     10 

We  bless  the  prophet  of  the  Lord  -       26 
While  shepherds  watch  their  flocks  by  night         16 

What  equal  honours  shall  we  bring  -           31 

When  I  survey  the  wond'rous  cross  -         43 

When  the  first  parents  of  our  race          -  71 

With  joy  we  meditate  the  grace            -  77 

Who  shall  the  Lord's  elect  condemn  -           80 

Why  should  the  children  of  a  King  86 

When  all  thy  mercies  O  my  God         -  -      109 


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With  tears  of  anguish  I  lament        -        -       -  123 

What  shall  the  dying  sinner  do         -       -       -  129 

What  wisdom  majesty  and  grace         -        -  144 

When  gracious  Loid  when  shall  it  be         -  188 

Whom  man  forsakes  thou  wilt  not  leave       -  189 

What  various  hindrances  we  meet         -  192 

Why  is  my  heart  so  far  from  thee              -  234 

When  in  the  light  of  faith  divine           -         -  235 

Why  should  a  living  man  complain            -   '  237 

When  I  can  read  my  title  clear            -         -  243 

When  Jesus  dwelt  in  mortal  clay             -  244 

What  strange  perplexities  arise           -         -  245 

Welcome  sweet  day  of  rest           -  248 

While  sinners  who  presume  to  bear        -       -  250 

We  lift  our  hearts  to  thee          -         -         -  274 

When  blooming  youth  is  snatch'd  away        -  282 

With  songs  and  honours  sounding  loud        -  288 

While  o'er  our  guilty  land  O  Lord       -         -  290 

What  sacred  raptures  fire  my  breast        -    '  -  306 

YE    humble  souls  approach  your  God         -  8 
Ye  heavens  rejoice  in  Jesus'  grace      -       -   40 
Yes  the  Redeemer  rose          -         -         -         -     6 1 

Ye  sons  of  earth  prepare  the  plough        -       -  131 

Ye  contrite  sinners  hear         -        -        -        -  204 

Ye  boundless  realms  of  joy          -         -          -  230 

Ye  trembling  souls  dismiss  your  fears       -      -  237 

Ye  that  obey  th'  immortal  King       -       -        -  257 

Ye  sons  of  Adam  vain  and  young         -  280 

Ye  mourning  saints  whose  streaming  tears   -  297 


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